Reading · Part 8

Multiple MatchingExercise 5 of 70

The Language of Buildings

Gothic architecture seems forever to be straining upward. Its hallmark is the pointed arch, which, freed from the rounded forms of earlier ages, let masons raise walls higher and thinner than ever before, drawing the eye - and, it was hoped, the soul - toward heaven. Vast windows of stained glass set the interiors…

  • Which style draws the gaze skyward with tall, peaked arches?
  • Which style buries every inch in lavish decoration?

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