Meaning | A style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches. |
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Synonym | Gothic |
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Narrower | perpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture | A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England |
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Broader | architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
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Spanish | arquitectura gótica, gótico |
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