# Interior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, Italian]() - Date: 1201-1250 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary In Italy, the new Gothic style was first of all spread mainly by the Cistercians, not in the version known from the Île-de-France, but in a variant based on Burgundian Late Romanesque. This led to only minor modifications of Italian native architectural style, especially as the rib vault was already common as an important structural element of Gothic architecture in northern Italy from the early 12th century. The period of the true adoption of Gothic architecture from France was brief and had already ended soon after the middle of the 13th century, when quite independent buildings were constructed in Italy, buildings that have little more than the name Gothic in common with their counterparts in France. The ruin of San Galgano in Tuscany is typical of the many Gothic Cistercian churches in Italy. From the ground plan up it is a transplantation of the French pattern for a Cistercian church. It is virtually the materials - brick and travertine - which point to Italy. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Apse of a basilica]() - [Arsenale Gateway]() - [Arsenale Gateway]() - [Basilica di Sant'Antonio: Chiostro del Noviziato]() - [Basilica Santi Nereo e Achilleo]() - [Ca' Foscari: Façade]() - [Chamber of the millers]() - [Chiesa dell'Incoronata: Interior of the dome]() - [Cloister gallery]() - [Detail of the façade]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()