Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, the porches adorned with fine sculptures from the middle of the 12th century, and the magnificent ...

Explore the origins of Gothic architecture and its influence on pop culture, from churches to horror novels and movies.

The French prefer glass ... era cathedral—and his part leading its restoration. He has approved contemporary designs in yellow, pink and green stained glass for the replacement windows.

The Washington National Cathedral, an Episcopal church ... Marshall said at the dedication. The new windows were his first time working with stained glass as a medium. “As America confronts ...

The Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is admired for its proportions and the unity of its ...

The Gothic cathedral, St Michael's of Coventry ... for it is depicted twice in the cathedral's stained glass windows. On St Hugh's death, large crowds came to pay their respects and his shrine ...

The center portion is that Pope hugging faceless people whose backs of their heads are facing the readers. The left stained ...

is a treasured example of French Gothic architecture and originally held Christian artifacts acquired by Louis IX. Nowhere in Paris does stained-glass windows quite as well as Sainte-Chapelle.