The Gothic World
Ben LoomisA weekly photo-rich exploration of Gothic architecture — and the medieval imagination that gave rise to it.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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A One-Time Interruption: Introducing ‘Gate of All Mysteries’
(3 min read) Below is a quick interruption to introduce a new project I’ve been quietly working on for the last eight months, and which launched today.
If you follow The Gothic World for its investigations into how medieval art and archite...
The Evolution of Gothic: French Roots
(16 min read) From a Roman province with deep Celtic memory, through a constellation of regional Romanesque traditions, to the monastic laboratories where structure and theology met — France set the conditions to give birth to Gothic.
(For...
Greatest Gothic: Taking Stock
(7 min read) With the countdown complete, here are some reflections on the limits of ranking great Gothic architecture — and two sharper ways of thinking about it.
(For more about this series, see the introduction and the countdown.)
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Greatest Gothic, #1: Sainte-Chapelle
(9 min read) Sainte-Chapelle is number 1 in my countdown of the Fifty Greatest Works of Gothic because it, more than any other building, embodies the Gothic ideal.
(For more about this series, see the introduction and the countdown.)
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The Anatomy of Gothic: Reliquaries
(20 min read) Much of what we admire in Gothic cathedrals exists in large part because of objects few visitors see and a devotional system most have forgotten.
(For more about this series and context for the below, see the introduction to...
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All photos by me. Publications: "Both/And" (history as philosophical practice), "The Gothic World" (architectural wonders), "Gate of All Mysteries" (Chinese philosophy), and "Implicate Orders" (speculative fiction).
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