flamboyant Gothic

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• Flamboyant — is the name given to a florid style of late Gothic architecture in vogue in France, Spain and Portugal during the 15th century; the equivalent period in English architecture is called Perpendicular, and in Germany the Sondergotik. It evolved from …   Wikipedia

• Gothic art — Architecture, sculpture, and painting that flourished in Western and central Europe in the Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque art and lasted from the mid 12th century to the end of the 15th century. Its loftiest form of expression is… …   Universalium

• Flamboyant style — Phase of late Gothic architecture in 15th century France and Spain. It evolved out of the Rayonnant style s increasing emphasis on decoration. Its most conspicuous feature is the dominance in stone window tracery of a flamelike S shaped curve.… …   Universalium

• Gothic Architecture — • History of the style Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gothic Architecture     Gothic Architecture     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• flamboyant — [flam boi′ənt] adj. [Fr, prp. of OFr flamboyer < flambe: see FLAME] 1. designating or of a kind of architecture, as late French Gothic, characterized by flamelike tracery of windows and florid decoration 2. flamelike or brilliant in form or… …   English World dictionary

• Flamboyant — Flam*boy ant, a. [F.] (Arch.) Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Gothic architecture — See also: Gothic art The western façade of Reims Cathedral, France …   Wikipedia

• Gothic aesthetics — The aesthetics of the goth subculture find their roots in Gothic Fiction and the Romanticist interpretation of the Gothic Art movement of the 11th to 14th century. Gothic aesthetics are difficult for many to appreciate due to their complexity,… …   Wikipedia

• flamboyant — flamboyance, flamboyancy, n. flamboyantly, adv. /flam boy euhnt/, adj. 1. strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors. 2. conspicuously dashing and colorful: the flamboyant idol of international society. 3. florid; ornate; elaborately… …   Universalium

• Gothic architecture — Architectural style in Europe that lasted from the mid 12th century to the 16th century, particularly a style of masonry building characterized by cavernous spaces with the expanse of walls broken up by overlaid tracery. In the 12th–13th… …   Universalium

• flamboyant — 1. adjective a) Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc. When we see some of the monstrous and flamboyant blossoms that enrich the equatorial woods, we do not feel that they are conflagrations of nature; silent explosions of her… …   Wiktionary