High Gothic

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High Gothic is a mature phase of Gothic architecture and art characterized by soaring verticality, elaborate stone tracery, and increasingly complex structural and decorative forms seen in major 13th-century European cathedrals.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
High Gothic canonical 19
High Gothic architecture 3
High Gothic period 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
artistic style ⓘ
appliesToPart choirs ⓘ
church facades ⓘ
naves ⓘ
transepts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
developedIn northern France ⓘ
Île-de-France ⓘ
endTime mid-13th century ⓘ
field architecture ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ
followedBy Late Gothic ⓘ
Rayonnant ⓘ
follows Early Gothic ⓘ
Transitional Gothic ⓘ
hasCharacteristic articulated wall surfaces ⓘ
clustered columns ⓘ
complex decorative forms ⓘ
complex structural forms ⓘ
elaborate stone tracery ⓘ
emphasis on height and light ⓘ
emphasis on unified interior space ⓘ
extensive use of flying buttresses ⓘ
geometric window tracery ⓘ
increased window-to-wall ratio ⓘ
large stained-glass windows ⓘ
pointed arches ⓘ
refined rib vaulting ⓘ
rich sculptural programs ⓘ
soaring verticality ⓘ
inception c. 1194 ⓘ
influenced Gothic Revival ⓘ
Late Gothic architecture ⓘ
linked to: Late Gothic

Rayonnant architecture ⓘ
linked to: Gothic architecture
influencedBy Early Gothic ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ
notableExample Amiens Cathedral ⓘ
Bourges Cathedral ⓘ
Chartres Cathedral ⓘ
Reims Cathedral ⓘ
Sainte-Chapelle (transitional to Rayonnant) ⓘ
linked to: Sainte-Chapelle
practicedIn England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
subclassOf Gothic architecture ⓘ
Gothic art ⓘ
timePeriod 13th century ⓘ
usedIn cathedral architecture ⓘ
civic and ecclesiastical buildings ⓘ
monastic churches ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Decorated Gothic → periodWithin → High Gothic ⓘ
St. Vitus Cathedral → stylePeriod → High Gothic ⓘ
Smiling Angel statue → timePeriod → High Gothic period ⓘ
linked to: High Gothic
Chartres → hasCathedralStyle → High Gothic ⓘ
American Gothic → hasInfluenceFrom → European Gothic ⓘ
linked to: High Gothic
West Rose Window of Notre-Dame de Paris → influencedBy → High Gothic architecture ⓘ
linked to: High Gothic
Troyes Cathedral → hasStylePeriod → High Gothic ⓘ
French Rayonnant Gothic → partOf → High Gothic ⓘ
Amiens Cathedral → architecturalStyle → High Gothic ⓘ
Peter Parler → movement → High Gothic ⓘ
Isabelline Gothic → follows → High Gothic ⓘ
French Early Gothic → influenced → High Gothic architecture ⓘ
linked to: High Gothic
Late Gothic → influencedBy → High Gothic ⓘ
Smiling Angel of Reims → artMovement → High Gothic ⓘ
Minoritenkirche (Wels) → hasStylePeriod → High Gothic ⓘ
subject linked to: Minoritenkirche
north transept of Notre-Dame de Paris → constructionPeriod → High Gothic period ⓘ
linked to: High Gothic
Transitional Gothic → influenced → High Gothic architecture ⓘ
linked to: High Gothic
Rayonnant → follows → High Gothic ⓘ
Rayonnant → periodWithin → High Gothic period ⓘ
linked to: High Gothic
Erfurt Cathedral → hasStylePeriod → High Gothic ⓘ