Viewers with an interest in French Gothic architecture will want to tune in ”Cathedral” at 7 p.m. Wednesday on WTTW-Ch. 11. It is based on David Macaulay`s book of the same name that, through ...

There are dozens of Gothic cathedrals in various stages/ of preservation and use across northern France. Choosing which to visit is no easy challenge because of the subjective nature of a visitor’s ...

Whether you're religious or just a fan of monumental architecture, visiting a cathedral can be an awe-inspiring experience.

Gothic cathedrals were meant to overwhelm. And they do—even their secular-minded 21st-century visitors. Can we enter any other space in which ordinary sensory dimensions seem so stymied? Inside a ...

Despite many years of traveling to France, I still can't help but marvel at the towering Gothic churches that mark the heart of many French cities. The Gothic style of architecture, primarily employed ...

After visiting the Reim Cathedral, the coronation site for French kings until the 900s, and living in France as a child, University of Iowa art history Professor Robert Bork became interested in ...

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Using radiocarbon dating on metal found in Gothic cathedrals, an interdisciplinary team has shown, for the first time through absolute dating, that iron was used to reinforce stone from the ...

Bells of cathedrals across France rang out in a moving tribute on Wednesday to Notre Dame as firefighters and experts continued to keep the beloved but weakened landmark under close surveillance. From ...