Flying buttresses act the same way ancient Roman columns did, countering the horizontal force of the arch. They also provide for more ground area underneath: more worshippers could fit into a church ...

Gothic is the alternative to the old Roman way of doing things.” The prevailing style of architecture from about 1000 to 1150, Romanesque drew its influences from ancient Roman structures.

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave ...

It was labelled Gothic because it was considered the opposite of classical architecture ... is strange to think that a word referring to an ancient population became a way to describe a new ...