Best Works: 7.5/10:Basilica of Saint-Denis (1135 - 1280; modifications thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Basilica of Saint-Denis - Abbot Suger (Principal Architect, Main Construction including the Gothic innovations: 1135 - 1144; key Nave and Transept additions thereafter, mainly 1230 - 1280 with modifications thereafter) / Saint-Denis, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Best Works: 7.5/10:Ulm Minster (first major construction phase: 1377 - 1543; further construction, modifications thereafter until 1890) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Ulm Minster - Heinrich Parler (Main Design and Principal Architect, mainly 1387 - 1391; continued construction and modification thereafter over centuries; first major construction phase: 1377 - 1543; further construction, modifications thereafter until 1890) / Ulm, Germany [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Best Works: 7.5/10:Reims Cathedral (Principal Architect: 1210 - 1228; additional architects, construction, modifications thereafter with the main phase of construction from 1211 - 1275; further modifications through 1345, High Gothic, Rayonnant Style) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Reims Cathedral - Jean d'Orbais (Principal Architect: 1210 - 1228; additional architects, construction, modifications thereafter with the main phase of construction from 1211 - 1275; further modifications through 1345, High Gothic, Rayonnant Style) / Reims, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Best Works: 7.4/10:Gloucester Cathedral (Norman (Romanesque) foundations: 1089 - 1120; Gothic transformations: 1242 - 1457; Construction of Cathedral completed 1482; various modifications thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Gloucester Cathedral - Abbot Serlo (Original Architect; Norman (Romanesque) foundations: 1089 - 1120); possibly William de Ramsey or Thomas of Canterbury on various Gothic transformations; Abbot Frouster on the Great Cloister and Fan Vaulting (Gothic transformations: 1242 - 1457; this Gothic period is what shaped the Cathedral the most as we see it today: Early English Gothic Phase: 1242 - 1311, and Perpendicular Gothic Phase: 1351 - 1457; Cloisters: 1351 - 1412; Construction of Cathedral completed 1482; various modifications thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
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Master Gerhard of Ryle (circa 1210 - 1271)
Best Works: 7.9/10:Cologne Cathedral (1248 - 1560, construction led by various architects after 1271; construction halted in 1560; resumed and completed 1842 - 1880) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Cologne Cathedral - Master Gerhard of Ryle (1248 - 1560, construction led by various architects after 1271; construction halted in 1560; resumed and completed 1842 - 1880) / Cologne, Germany [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Best Works: 7.6/10:Batalha Monastery - Afonso Domingues (1388 - 1402); Huguet (1402 - 1438; continued construction, revisions, additions through completion circa 1517) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Batalha Monastery - Afonso Domingues (1388 - 1402); Huguet (1402 - 1438 in which several Flamboyant Gothic elements were added; changed architects posthumously, continued construction, revisions, additions through completion circa 1517) / Batalha, Portugal [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] (NOTE: does not include second cloister added separately but attached to the far end of the Monastery, added later for separate housing, storage, library and archive spaces, and which -- similar to the clergy domestic spaces and housing of, for example, on the premises and adjacent with the Vatican Gardens and St. Peter's -- is not truly part of its ensemble or artistic vision, or its original or main architectural plan or intended with its compositional purpose or expressively religious, spatial progression)
Bernard the Elder (circa 1000s - 1100s; Romanesque) and Fernando de Casas Novoa (1683 - circa 1760s; Baroque)
Best Works: 7.5/10:Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (1075 - 1211, original construction; various Gothic, then major Baroque modifications, updates mainly from 1400s - circa 1770) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (original construction, primarily Romanesque: 1075 - 1211, Pricipal Architect: Bernard the Elder (late 1000s - mid 1100s?); Master Esteban (completed Romanesque Facade: 1103); Pórtico da Gloria, an early work of Romanesque sculpture, Master Mateo (completed 1188); Gothic construction, modifications (especially in the Cloister and some Interior features), more prominently major Baroque construction and modifications, these mainly from 1400s - circa 1770; East Facade (aka, da Quintana) designed and begun by José de Vega y Verdugo and by José de la Peña de Toro in 1666, completed by Domingo de Andrade in 1700; Gines Martinez (Maximilian Staircase, 1600s, entrance, Renaissance style, Front Baroque Facade); Bell Towers, originally designed 1200s; as currently constructed, updated, by José de la Peña de Toro, completed by Domingo de Andrade (1614–1676, additions in the Baroque style); Baroque Facade (completed 1740) by Fernando de Casas Novoa; also North Tower (aka, da Carraca), Fernando de Casas Novoa (designed, built 1738 - 1760); North Façade (aka, da Acibecharía), Baroque construction designed by Lucas Ferro Caaveiro, finished in Neo-Classical style by Lois Monteagudo and Clemente Fernández Sarela (circa 1758 - 1769); various less substantial, additions, modifications thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
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