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Identifying feature

Stained glass

Pieces of colored glass held together by strips of lead, called cames, to form pictures or patterns. It is most common in churches, especially Gothic cathedrals, and in Victorian and Art Nouveau buildings.

a sign of these styles

Het Schip, Amsterdam, Netherlands: an example of Amsterdam School Amsterdam School c. 1910–1930 Brick walls laid in waves and curves, rounded corners, sculpture built into the masonry, small towers and wrought ironwork. Casa Batlló, Barcelona, Spain: an example of Art Nouveau Art Nouveau c. 1890–1914 Whiplash curves and plant-like ironwork: facades that look grown rather than built. Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain: an example of Catalan Modernisme Catalan Modernisme c. 1885–1920 Barcelona's dream architecture: rippling stone facades, roofs scaled in broken-tile mosaic, and structure borrowed from bones and trees.

also seen on

Chicago BungalowGothicGothic RevivalMoorish RevivalOttomanPerpendicular GothicPolish Cathedral StyleQajar

often seen with

Dome A rounded roof shaped as half a sphere, often raised on a drum (a circular wall). Pointed arch An arch whose two curved sides meet at a point, called the apex. Spire A tall, tapering structure in the form of a cone or narrow pyramid, built on top of a tower or roof. Bay window A window projecting from the main wall, usually with three angled sides or a curved front. Buttress A mass of stone or brick built against an outside wall to resist the outward push, called thrust, of the roof. Minaret A tall, slender tower attached to or near a mosque, usually with one or more balconies near the top. Tracery window A window divided by vertical stone bars called mullions, which branch at the top into curved stonework… Wrought-iron balcony A balcony with a railing of wrought (hammered) or cast (molded) iron, often worked into scrolls and leaves.