VDA - History (Part 4)

The style of architecture originating in France in the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century

• Gothic architecture

• Romanesque architecture

• Renaissance architecture

• Baroque architecture

The first of the three phases of French Gothic architecture from the 12th through the end of the 13th centuries

• Early French style

• Rayonnant style

• Flamboyant style

• Geometric style

The middle phase of French Gothic architecture from the end of the 13th through the late 14th centuries

• Early French style

• Rayonnant style

• Flamboyant style

• Geometric style

A phase of French Gothic architecture, characterized by the pointed arch and geometric tracery

• Early French style

• Rayonnant style

• Flamboyant style

• Geometric style

A phase of French Gothic architecture, characterized by circular windows with radiating lines of tracery

• Early French style

• Rayonnant style

• Flamboyant style

• Geometric style

The early development of the Decorated style in the late 13th and early 14th centuries

• Early French style

• Rayonnant style

• Flamboyant style

• Geometric style

A phase of Gothic architecture, characterized by the use of geometric tracery

• Early French style

• Rayonnant style

• Flamboyant style

• Geometric style

The final phase of French Gothic architecture from the late 14th through the middle of the 16th centuries

• Early French style

• Rayonnant style

• Flamboyant style

• Geometric style

A phase of French Gothic architecture, characterized by flame-like tracery, intricacy of detailing, and frequent complication of interior space

• Early French style

• Rayonnant style

• Flamboyant style

• Geometric style

The first of the three phases of English Gothic architecture from the late 12th through the 13th centuries

• Early English style

• Decorated style

• Curvilinear style

• Perpendicular style