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What could be more perfect than Romanesque style’s simple geometrical order?   The Romanesque arches rising towards the heavens at Saint Trophime in Arles, France (above) gave the

Romanesque style deserves more attention than it gets. Gothic style gets top billing among medieval buffs. But appreciate Romanesque cathedrals on their terms, and they’ll

After exploring the entrance facade of St. Denis in the last article, we’ll now venture inside. The person who spearheaded Gothic style, Abbot Suger, personally

Back to Europe. After exploring Indian and Middle Eastern art, where better to land than one of the most influential churches in history. The abbey

The Church of Orsanmichele was in the thick of it. It was, and still is, on the main street that leads from Florence’s cathedral to the main

Something was missing. Those stately Romanesque and Gothic arches in the cathedrals I spent 4 months exploring in a trip through Northern Europe were supposed

Most people have seen the acropolis at Athens as an expression of rationality. But next to the Parthenon was a highly emotional building, the Erechtheion.

Cologne is best known for its towering cathedral, but only its choir (the cathedral’s back end) is from the Middle Ages. The soaring entrance was