The Cathedral

[01] What is a cathedral? [02] Early Christian architecture [03] Romanesque: a new monumental style [04] Vaulting: a look at roofs [05] Romanesque at its best [06] Saint-Denis and the beginning of Gothic style [07] Uurban context of cathedrals [08] Notre Dame in Paris [09] Early Gothic style: Laon [10] Chartres: the building [11] Chartres: the sculpture [12] Chartres: the windows [13] Amiens: the limits of height [14] Amiens: the façade [15] Reims: the royal cathedral [16] Cathedrals: who builds? who pays? how long? [17] New developements in Gothic France [18] Late Gothic churches in France [19] Early Gothic architecture in England [20] Decorated and perpendicular English Gothic [21] Gothic churches in the Holy Roman Empire [22] Gothic churches in Italy [23] Gothic styles in Iberia and the New World [24] Gothic architecture in today's world