哥特式风格 · Stilus Gothicus
In tenebris et umbra, pulchritudo latet.
In darkness and shadow, beauty lies hidden.
Architectura Sacra
Arcus Acutus
The pointed arch redirects structural weight outward, allowing walls to soar beyond Romanesque limits. This architectural revelation became the defining form of the Gothic aesthetic — upward, always upward.
Fenestra Orbiculata
Stained glass transformed stone walls into vessels of divine light. Each colored panel narrates scripture to an illiterate populace through the universal language of luminous color.
Verticalitas
Everything reaches upward — spires, arches, nave columns. The vertical line is a symbolic gesture toward the divine, away from the earthly.
Lux et Umbra
The greatest achievement of Gothic architecture is sacred light within stone. Gold against darkness mirrors grace against sin.
Ornamentum
Gargoyles serve as waterspouts and spiritual guardians. Every decorative element has structural or symbolic purpose.
Elementa Designi
Navis Cathedralis
The central passage where pilgrims gather beneath soaring vaulted ceilings of stone and shadow, drawn toward the altar by divine geometry and the smell of incense.
Fenestra Rosae
Stained glass petals radiate outward from a sacred center, flooding the interior with colored divine light at each turning of the sun.
Claustrum Sanctum
Silent arcaded corridors where contemplation deepens and footsteps echo against ancient stone worn smooth by centuries of devotion.
Tactus — Button Variants
Petitio — Sacred Form
Philosophia Designi
The pointed arch redirects weight outward and downward, allowing walls to soar higher than was ever possible in the Romanesque tradition. This structural revelation became the defining form of Gothic aesthetic.
In design: use vertical emphasis, sharp angles, and upward-reaching compositions. Never settle for horizontal sprawl when vertical aspiration is achievable.
Gothic aesthetics are rooted in the medieval preoccupation with mortality and the transience of earthly existence. Death was not morbid but instructive — a reminder that only the eternal matters. This solemn awareness gives Gothic design its gravity and weight.
Chromata et Litterae
Primary
Deep Purple
#2d1b4e
Cathedral shadow
Secondary
Blood Red
#8b1a1a
Sacred wound
Accent
Sacred Gold
#c9a227
Divine light
Ground
Near Black
#0a0a0a
The void
Support
Medium Purple
#4a2d6e
Dusk cloister
Hierarchy Display
GOTHIC
H1 · serif · tracking-wider · gold glow
Sanctum Altare
H2 · serif · blood red · tracking-wider
Via Crucis
H3 · serif · gold/70 · uppercase
Sub specie aeternitatis, omnia mutantur.
Body · serif · italic · gold/55
Captions & Labels
Caption · tracking-[0.4em] · gold/35
Illuminated Quote
“In the shadow of the cathedral, the soul learns to see without eyes — perceiving the divine in the play of light across ancient stone.”
Drop Cap
Darkness is not the absence of light. It is the canvas upon which light inscribes its most sacred revelations. Without the void of the cathedral walls, the rose window would be merely colored glass — meaningless and mute.
Proclamationes — Alert States
Blessed — Ritual Complete
The sacred operation has been fulfilled.
Omen — Heed the Warning
Dark forces stir at the edges of perception.
Cursed — Ritual Failed
Something ancient and malevolent has intervened.
Prophecy — Ancient Knowledge
The scrolls speak of things yet to come.
Sacred Archive — Dropdown
Sigilla — Orders & Badges
Vitae Sanctorum
Horae Canonicae
From Matins before dawn to Compline at dusk, the canonical hours organize sacred time. Each hour is a brushstroke in the illuminated manuscript of the day.
Liber Bestiarum
Fantastic creatures populate the margins of medieval manuscripts. Each beast a symbol encrypted in vellum — dragons for sin, unicorns for purity.
Psalterium Aureum
The Golden Psalter of St. Gallen: each page a devotional labor lasting months. Gold leaf laid over gesso catches candlelight and sanctifies the written word.
“Architecture is frozen music, and Gothic architecture is the grandest symphony ever composed in stone — a hymn to the infinite, written in arches and shadows.”
Regulae Monasticae
Motus Animarum — Interaction Principles
duration-700All hover transitions take 700ms — the unhurried flicker of a candle, never the snap of electricity.
hover:shadow-[0_0_40px_rgba(201,162,39,0.2)]On hover, borders intensify and a soft gold halo appears, as if touched by sacred light from within.
group-hover:border-[#c9a227]/80Corner ornaments sharpen from faint traces to vivid gold on interaction, revealing hidden structure.