Gothic architecture

The Gothic creates feelings of gloom, mystery, and suspense and tends to the dramatic and the sensational, like incest, diabolism, and nameless terrors
According to bartlebyGothic architecture is the introduction of light and height to the churches through the use of flying buttresses, pointed arches, ribbed vaulting and stained glass windows. The idea was for the church to actually become a medium between Earth and Heaven through its height and the heavenly light brought in by the use of so many windows(think of Notre Dame de Paris or Notre Dame de Chartres as your best representatives of this style.