Romanesque architecture eventually evolved into Gothic, swapping thick walls for thin ones and small windows for large ones. The Renaissance, however, reverted back to the ancient Roman way of ...

Gothic architecture, or the 'modern style' as it ... architects was to relieve walls of their structural role so that windows could get larger allowing God's light, manipulated with the hues ...

is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is admired for its proportions and the unity of its design. The tympanum, sculptures and stained-glass windows are particularly striking. Apart from ...