The Diversity of the Gothic

Elements of the Gothic

Emergence of the Gothic

12th c.

Royal Abbey, St.-Denis, Paris

c. 1140

Notre-Dame, Paris

c. 1150-c. 1220

High Gothic

12th-13th c.

Notre-Dame, Chartres

1145-1220(Mostly 1194-1220)

Rayonnant Style

c. 1240-1350

Sainte-Chapelle, Paris

c. 1240s

English Decorated Style

14th-15th c.

Exeter Cathedral

Completed 1400

York Minster

Completed 1472

Flamboyant (Late Gothic) Style

c. 1350-early 16th c.

St.-Maclou, Rouen

1434

Milan Cathedral

Started 1386

Seville Cathedral

1401-1528

Vladislav Hall, Old Royal Palace

Prague, 1493-1502