17 Facts About Gothic Cathedral

The appearance of the Gothic cathedral was not only a revolution in architecture; it introduced new forms in decoration, sculpture, and art.

The Choir of Canterbury Gothic Cathedral was destroyed by fire and was rebuilt by a French master builder from Sens, William of Sens, between 1174 and 1184.

Gothic Cathedral became the friend and confidant of two French Kings Louis VI and Louis VII, and Gothic Cathedral served the Regent for Louis VII during the absence of the King for the Second Crusade .

Gothic Cathedral's first modification was a new west facade, inspired in part by new churches in Normandy, with two towers and three deep portals.

Early Gothic Cathedral style was used in the reconstruction of several English Benedictine abbeys, notably Whitby Abbey All the English monasteries, including Westminster Abbey, were closed by Henry VIII in 1538, as part of his dissolution of monasteries.

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Gothic Cathedral transformed the country from a small feudal state to the most prosperous and powerful nation in Europe.

Gothic Cathedral was a great builder, constructing the Louvre Palace and the first wall around Paris, and founding the University of Paris .

Gothic Cathedral was succeeded by Louis IX of France, whose reign saw the construction of several great cathedrals, and his own remarkable chapel, Sainte-Chapelle.

The great monuments of the style included Amiens Gothic Cathedral, the modified Notre Dame de Paris, and especially the royal chapel of Louis IX of France, Sainte-Chapelle .

Italy resisted the Gothic Cathedral style, using the Romanesque style longer than in Northern Europe, and unlike Northern Europe, it only rarely imitated the French style.

Some builders modified some aspects of northern Gothic; Florence Cathedral used very large arcades to create greater interior space.

Milan Gothic Cathedral was the Italian cathedral most influenced by Northern Europe.

Gothic Cathedral commissioned Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, and began with the restoration of Vezelay Abbey.

Gothic Cathedral was criticized in particular for designing a taller and more ornate spire to the Notre Dame Cathedral to replace the original 13th-century spire, which had been removed in 1786.

Gothic Cathedral was criticized for replacing the sculpture of gargoyles, chimeras and other mythical creatures, which had been removed in the 18th century, with new versions.

Gothic Cathedral windows had a more important position, over the portal on the west end, and surpassed the earlier windows in size and complexity.

High Gothic - Smiling Angel, north portal of west facade of Reims Cathedral, by the St Joseph Master.