While you might know this style by its ornate exterior details, inside it brings even more drama. At first glance, Gothic Revival architecture might not seem like a warm and cozy style for your home.

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier, rounder ...

The Princeton University Art Museum has just opened an exhibition that treats its campus as an art object. “Princeton and the Gothic Revival: 1870-1930” examines the intent of the university’s ...

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. Work in ...

When people think of medieval architecture, they tend to think of giant European cathedrals with large open spaces and walls supported by flying buttresses. In fact, one need not cross the Atlantic ...

Gargoyles, originating as practical water spouts in Gothic architecture, evolved into fantastical sculptures. These stone ...

Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2012 and has been updated. You can read the previous post here. This stone church at 127 Kent Street in Greenpoint is not as modern as it may appear at first ...

We see better when we recognize and can name (at least for our own purposes) the things we see. If you can tell a delphinium from a daylily, or a Titian from a Rubens, or a Honda Civic from a Lotus ...

Combining high design with late-medieval architecture, this 15th-century former monastic cloister features a vast gothic church with a mezzanine dining area, glass lift, stained-glass windows and side ...