gotika
gotika
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 [stil arhitekture, ki se je razvil v severni Franciji in se je med 12. in 16. stoletjem razširil po Evropi; značilen je po vitkih vertikalnih pilastrih in protiutežnih opornikih ter po obokanju in ostrih lokih.]