His work, based on the centuries-old tradition of wood carving and German Gothic art, was banned as “degenerate” and typical of “the passive Slav soul.” Since World War II, the very ...

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...

In the territories of Poland, the Gothic style rarely took such spectacular forms ... was an almost paradoxical consequence of the rational and logical principles of the new art. The new style ...