Gothic architecture
style of architecture
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Summary
Gothic architecture is an architectural style[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of architectural style entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,565 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Follows: Romanesque architecture[3]
- Followed by: Renaissance architecture[4]
- Subclass of: Gothic art[5], architecture[6]
- Commons category: Gothic architecture[7]
- Has part(s): Early Gothic architecture[8], High Gothic[9], Late Gothic[10], Rayonnant[11], Flamboyant[12], Isabelline[13], French Gothic architecture[14], English Gothic architecture[15], German Gothic[16], Spanish Gothic architecture[17], Italian Gothic architecture[18], Venetian Gothic architecture[19], Brick Gothic[20], Gothic architecture in Central Europe[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gothic architecture[22]
- Commons gallery: Gothic architecture[23]
- Facet of: Gothic art[24]
- Described by source: Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages[25], The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30]
- Topic has template: Template:Gothic architecture[31], Template:Gothic[32]
- Indigenous to: Europe[33]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
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Influence
Things named for Gothic architecture include Gothics[35], a mountain[36], in United States[37].
Why It Matters
Gothic architecture has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 105 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
Entities named for it include Gothics[35], a mountain[36], in United States[37].