Romanesque style cathedrals were constructed with thick walls and massiveness, while Gothic cathedrals were meant to look “vertical” and other wordly Both styles included westwork and buttressing, but Gothic architecture used a lot of flying buttressing and more ornate westworks. Gothic architecture included pointed arches, or ogives, while more circular arches can be seen in Romanesque architecture. Gothic cathedrals oftentimes had large rosettes and other windows to let in a lot of light into the building. Romanesque cathedrals did not necessarily have large windows because the idea of letting light into the building was not as important at the time.