Gothic architecture

Summary

Gothic architecture is an architectural style^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of architectural_style entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,887 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gothic architecture followed Romanesque architecture^[3].
• Gothic architecture was followed by Renaissance architecture^[4].
• Gothic architecture is a type of Gothic art^[5].
• Gothic architecture is a type of architecture^[6].
• Gothic architecture's Commons category is recorded as Gothic architecture^[7].
• Gothic architecture comprises Early Gothic architecture^[8].
• Gothic architecture comprises High Gothic^[9].
• Gothic architecture comprises Late Gothic^[10].
• Gothic architecture comprises Rayonnant^[11].
• Gothic architecture comprises Flamboyant^[12].
• Gothic architecture comprises Isabelline^[13].
• Gothic architecture comprises French Gothic architecture^[14].
• Gothic architecture comprises English Gothic architecture^[15].
• Gothic architecture comprises German Gothic^[16].
• Gothic architecture comprises Spanish Gothic architecture^[17].
• Gothic architecture comprises Italian Gothic architecture^[18].
• Gothic architecture comprises Venetian Gothic architecture^[19].
• Gothic architecture comprises Brick Gothic^[20].
• Gothic architecture comprises Gothic architecture in Central Europe^[21].
• Gothic architecture comprises Gothic architecture in Poland^[22].
• Gothic architecture comprises Czech Gothic architecture^[23].
• Gothic architecture comprises Brabantine Gothic^[24].
• Gothic architecture comprises Portuguese Gothic architecture^[25].
• Gothic architecture comprises Gothic architecture in Romania^[26].
• Gothic architecture comprises Gothic architecture in Lithuania^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include Gothic art^[5] and architecture^[6].

Use and Application

Components include Early Gothic architecture^[8], an architectural style^[28]; High Gothic^[9], an architectural style^[29]; Late Gothic^[10], an architectural style^[30]; Rayonnant^[11], an architectural style^[31], in Kingdom of France^[32]; Flamboyant^[12], an architectural style^[33]; and Isabelline^[13], an architectural style^[34], in Crown of Castile^[35].

Influence

Things named for Gothic architecture include Gothics^[36], a mountain^[37], in United States^[38].

Why It Matters

Gothic architecture ranks in the top 1% of architectural_style entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,887 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for it include Gothics^[36], a mountain^[37], in United States^[38].