Complex sentence: Early English Gothic (late 12th-early 14th centuries) is the plainest and closest to French models, typified by the simpicity of its vaults and tracery, the use of lancet windows and smaller amounts of sculptural decoration than either Romanesque or later varieties of Gothic.
Split into simpler sentences: Early English Gothic (late 12th-early 14th centuries) is the plainest and closest to French models. It is typified by the simpicity of its vaults and tracery, the use of lancet windows and smaller amounts of sculptural decoration than either Romanesque or later varieties of Gothic.