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Flamboyant Gothic blind arcading and purely decorative tracery on the 16th-century transept of Senlis

Flamboyant (from French "flamboyant") is the name given to a florid style of late Gothic architecture in vogue in France, Spain and Portugal during the 15th century; the equivalent period in English architecture is called Perpendicular, and in Germany the Sondergotik. It evolved from the Rayonnant style and was marked by even greater attention to decoration. The name derives from the flame-like windings of its tracery and the dramatic lengthening of pediments and the tops of arches. The Manueline in Portugal, and the Isabelline in Spain were even more extravagant continuations of the style in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

[edit] Some examples of the Flamboyant Gothic Style

• Church of Saint Maclou, Rouen
• Church of Saint Vulfran, Abbeville
• Transepts of Senlis Cathedral.
• Moulins Cathedral
• Church of Saint Anne, Vilnius

[edit] See also

• Gothic architecture
• International Gothic

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