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Gothic Cathedral Architecture
In the 1400s, Gothic cathedral architecture entered the Late Gothic (Flamboyant) stage, characterized by taller naves, complex tracery, and flying bu…
Timeline
- c. 1401–1410Cologne Cathedral · CologneIn the 1400s, Cologne Cathedral continued building the south tower and nave structure under successive generations of masons, using the multi-tiered flying buttresses and pointed-arch windows typical of Rhineland Gothic; the project continued for over a century without completion.
- c. 1402–1410Milan Cathedral · LombardyMilan Cathedral continued to be funded in the early 1400s by the Visconti family and citizen guilds, adopting a white-marble Lombard Gothic style; spire and window designs grew increasingly intricate, making it a representative project of Italian Gothic architecture.
- c. 1405–1410Rouen · NormandyNormandy and Picardy in France promoted Flamboyant tracery and complex rib vaults in the 1400s, pushing Gothic aesthetics to decorative extremes and influencing the Late Perpendicular style of the Low Countries and England.
Sources
- Gothic Architecture — Paul Frankl (2000)
- The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order — Otto von Simson (1988)