Gothic architecture, or the 'modern style' as it was known 850 years ago, is immensely popular among architectural historians. Broadcaster and art historian Dan Cruickshank appraises its on-screen ...
Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Robert Bork, a professor of art history at the University of Iowa and a specialist in the study of ...
It appeared first in Lesser Poland, but the first Cistercian monasteries erected here – in Jędrzejów, Koprzywnica, Sulejów or Wąchock – represent rather a transitional period between Romanism and ...
At its core, Art Nouveau architecture sought to break away from historical revival styles, such as Gothic or Neoclassical architecture, that dominated much of the 19th century. Instead ...