The Kabbalah is a very deep spiritual tradition (the word literally means tradition) with fascinating assumptions about language and reality. By the beginning of the
The last article here explored the transition from thought in the Middle Ages to the modern world, but the medieval world was much more dynamic
Several ideas that dominated modern Western thought emerged during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, such as: Though their dominance didn’t mature until the
Chartres Cathedral and Bourges Cathedral initiated the two classic High Gothic styles. Chartres was imitated more, and it’s much better known. But Bourges Cathedral is
Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral is one of Europe’s most iconic buildings, and its creator planned it that way from the get go. Here are
Of all the Gothic cathedrals I visited, Notre Dame in Amiens was one of the most moving. I enjoyed it even more than Paris’s Notre Dame
Above is only a minute part of what the builders of Chartres Cathedral achieved. Come inside and we’ll explore one of the world’s finest artistic
It was the worst disaster imaginable. In 1194 a fire ravaged the city of Chartres, and all of its cathedral except the west facade burned to the
Germany created many of the best examples of Romanesque architecture. She stuck with the forms while people north of Paris developed Gothic Style and gave us
The first phase of the development of Gothic style was very cool because architects were experimenting with new forms without having a standard design yet.