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Architecture - English Gothic __ "The story of English Gothic may be briefly told apart from the general story of Gothic as a whole. English Gothic succeeded the Norman style in England and some of the earliest pure Gothic buildings in the world are in England." A text only article about English Gothic originally published in 1915 - From oldandsold.com - http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-28.shtml

BBC - Homes - Design - Gothic __ "Gothic was an architectural style predominant throughout the Middle Ages, from the fall of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance in the early 15th century." General information including information about the 19th century revival. - illustrated - From BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/design/period_gothic.shtml

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gothic Architecture __ A look at Gothic architecture from a religious perspective. - From Newadvent.org - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06665b.htm

Earthlore Gothic Architecture Glossary: Art Periods and Styles Related to Gothic Cathedrals __ A good resource for terminology, images, history and more. - illustrated - from elore.com - http://www.elore.com/Gothic/Glossary/periods.htm

Gothic Architecture __ You will find an encyclopedic article with links to related materials. - illustrated - From wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture

Gothic Architecture __ Text only overview of Gothic architecture originally published in 1915. - From oldandsold.com - http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-26.shtml

Gothic Architecture __ "The Gothic style first appeared in northern France around 1140. In southern France and elsewhere in Europe the Romanesque style still flourished. But by the thirteenth century, the [style] had spread throughout Western Europe, and in the next century further still...." You will find a text overview and slides. - illustrated - From bornemania.com - http://www.bornemania.com/civ/gothic_architecture/index.html

Gothic Architecture __ You will find annotated galleries of click-to-enlarge images of Gothic architecture. - illustrated - From Boston College - http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic_arch.html

Gothic Architecture as Engineering __ An essay plus click-to-enlarge images. - illustrated - From University of Pittsburgh - http://www.pitt.edu/~tokerism/0040/syl/gothic2.html

Gothic Architecture - Clipart ETC __ Good source of clipart for illustrating projects and reports. - illustrated - From University of South Florida - http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/galleries/Arts/gothic_architecture.htm

Gothic Architecture - Great Buildings Online __ You will find images and basic information about each. - illustrated - From Great Buildings Online - http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/gothic.html

History of Gothic Architecture __ Syracuse University provides a visual journey from the birth of French Gothic to pre-Renaissance Italy. - illustrated - From Syracuse University - http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/His311/Lecture%20Three/lect6.html

History of Gothic architecture __ A brief history which would be a good beginning point for research about Gothic architecture. - illustrated - From Serge Helfrich - http://www.xs4all.nl/~helfrich/gothic/architecture.html

Late English Gothic __ "One result of England's late arrival on the scene was that the gothic style in architecture prevailed longer than on the Continent--which resulted in a wonderful Indian summer, the "perpendicular" style, so called for the design of the vertical tracery in the windows." You will find examples and click-to-read articles. - illustrated - From The University of Victoria - http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/literature/lategothic.html

Medieval Architecture: Gothic Architecture __ Clickable thumbnails of photos and drawings illustrating Early Gothic with links to the High Gothic period. - From Boston College - http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic_arch.html

Pictures/photos of Gothic Architecture __ You will find excellent galleries of click-to-enlarge photos of Gothic architecture. - illustrated - From terragalleria.com - http://www.terragalleria.com/pictures-subjects/gothic-architecture/

Robert Branner: Gothic Architecture __ A fairly detailed essay. Text links to images are not working. - From Columbia University - http://www.columbia.edu/~eer1/branner.html

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