The Gothic art movement that tuco painting demonstrations, architectural, sculptural and musical, emerged in mid-seventeenth century. It reached its most perfect expression in architecture. The architects enrolled in this school, heirs to the Romans, were especially concerned about the construction of religious buildings, among which some famous cathedrals of France and other European countries (Spain, Germany, England, etc.).. The first buildings that followed this trend are those of the so-called Early Gothic (XII century), which began when reforms were introduced at the Abbey of Saint-Denis, France. At this stage also forms the famous cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. By early, followed the gothic, which began in 1194 with the initiation of the works of the cathedral of Chartres, which, together with that of Reims, are the two most symbolic of this period. In 1225 came the Gothic radiant, which left buildings like the Cathedral of Beauvais and Saint-Chapelle, the latter in the French capital. By the late fourteenth century flamboyant Gothic period began, but shone between the XV and XVI. Was widely accepted in Spain, highlighting the chapel of St. George (Barcelona) and the cathedral of Segovia, among other buildings.
Gothic architecture seeks to convey a sense of spirituality and transcendence. For this, the architects of this period used pointed arches, vaulted ceilings and large windows with pointed toes and often decorated with colorful stained glass through which light enters a polychrome. During the Gothic period saw a revolution in construction. In this sense, it emphasized the invention of the vault.
The Italian Renaissance first used with denotative meaning, this term to describe this movement of medieval architecture and painting. It derives from the word "Goth", one of the barbarians who invaded the Roman Empire.