Gothic art flourished in western europe with monumental sculptures and stained-glass window decorated cathedrals - marked by the pointed gothic arch. When we hear the term gothic, many initially envision towering cathedrals, elaborate sculptures, or perhaps the haunting tales of edgar allan poe. However, gothic art encompasses a vast range of Ò€¦

Their overall height, tall spires, pointed arches, and light-filled Ò€¦ Gothic art, the painting, sculpture, and architecture characteristic of the second of two great international eras that flourished in western and central europe during the middle ages. In gothic architecture, particularly in the later gothic styles, they became the most visible and characteristic element, giving a sensation of verticality and pointing upward, like the spires. In britain, it was only in the revival of this medieval style of architecture that it started to be called Ò€œgothic. Ò€ the revivalists no longer dismissed the gothic as a crude or barbarous form,