Rick Steves' Europe. Art Bites 147: Gothic Church Architecture, the Pointed Arch and More Light. Clip | 6m 51s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The Gothic Age was famed for its towering churches ...

The pointed arch behind him owes an aesthetic debt to the Middle East. (Ian Langsdon / Pool via Associated Press) By Carolina A. Miranda Columnist . June 5, 2021 8 AM PT .