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Place de la Cathédrale, Rouen, France, photo by tealioio

This limestone window from La Tricherie, a small village near Châtellerault (between Tours and Poitiers), is constructed in a style typical of the late thirteenth century. The overall opening is organized into two identical lancets topped by a circle (oculus), which circumscribes a quatrefoil—a basic scheme that first appeared in window designs in the late twelfth century

The Vampire (1825) by Eugene Delacroix (French artist, lived 1798-1863). On the side table there is a book open to the title page ‘Le Vampire’ (Polidori?). Is this woman sleeping after having read the story? Or is she a character from the book? #gothic

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LATER FRENCH GOTHIC: St. Maclou, Rouen, France, C. 1500-1514. While the Renaissance was already in full swing in Italy, the French were pushing the extremes with elaborate ornamentation as seen in the exquisite traceries of St. Maclou. Considered one of the best examples of the "Flamboyant style" of Gothic architecture in France.: