This pejorative sense was only shaken off (if it ever was) in the context of late-18th-century romantic admiration for Gothic architecture. The earliest commentators, 15th- and 16th-century Italian humanists, such as Vasari, compared the Gothic of their immediate past unfavorably with the classical styles of Antiquity, of which they regarded themselves as the direct heirs. Scholarly preoccupation with the cathedral is rooted in the field’s own history. But among all the works, the Gothic cathedral with its lofty vaults, painted windows, and carved portals is considered most emblematic of Gothic art. The diverse artistic achievements of the period include illuminated manuscripts, carved and painted altar retables, as well as austere mendicant churches. Geographically, Gothic spread as far as Western Christendom itself. Chronologically, it can be traced from its beginnings in France in the early 12th century to its perpetuation, in some regions, into the 16th century. Hardly any category of style covers as complex a phenomenon as Gothic.
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