Gothic style

Development of Gothic architecture: Gothic sculpture is linked to the rise in Gothic architecture, which began at the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis (fig.2) in about AD 1130, then spreading to the cathedrals of Sens (1140), Noyons (1150), Senlis (1151), Paris (1163), Laon (1165), and Chartres (1194). By the 13th century, the Gothic architecture and sculpture had become a fully developed in the cathedrals of Amiens and Reims, and spread to major towns in Britain, Iberia, and Germany.