Gothic Art

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Gothic works as the Amiens cathedral were under
construction (begun 1220). (see also Index: Gothic architecture, music,
history of)

The development of proto-Romanesque in the Ottonian period culminated in
the true Romanesque style represented by five magnificent churches on
the international pilgrimage routes leading from central France to the
reputed tomb of St. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain:
Saint-Martin at Tours (a huge once wooden-roofed basilica that was
rebuilt on the new model beginning about 1050), Sainte-Foy at Conques (
c. 1052-1130), Saint-Martial at Limoges (c. 1062-95), Saint-Sernin at
Toulouse (1077 or 1082-1118), and the new cathedral at Santiago de
Compostela itself (c. 1075-1211). This was a real family of buildings;
each one had a splendid apse with ambulatory (a sheltered place to walk)
and radiating chapels, a transept and nave with aisles and galleries, an
imposing tower system, and beautiful sculptures. Each ...

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