gothic

     

Gothic or Goth may refer to:

Trivia about gothic

  • This vertical, pointy-arched style of 12th-15th century Europe was revived in the late 18th century
  • The name of this font also belongs to ancient Teutonic people & a style of architecture
  • Renaissance writers gave medieval architecture this barbarian name because they thought it ugly
  • You can't miss York Minster, England's largest church in this style named for a Germanic tribe
  • "The Castle Of Otranto", a tale of evil, was the 1st English novel of this "architectural" genre
  • This movement flourished as an architectural style from 1150 to 1250, the Age of the Great Cathedrals
  • The name of this creepy style of novel originally referred to the books' Medieval settings
  • Taking nearly 600 years to complete, Cologne Cathedral is the largest in this style in Northern Europe
  • Style of novels, or of architecture(6)
  • Horace Walpole's 1764 novel "The Castle of Otranto" is regarded as the first in this spooky genre
  • Flying buttresses & ribbed vaults characterize this 13 c. style
  • Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence was begun in this architectural style, like Chartres
  • Popular in the 1300s, Rayonnant, which features radiating lines of tracery, is a French form of this style
  • This 12th century style was revived in Europe in the 19th century & used for churches into the 20th century
  • Ann Radcliffe's 1794 novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is a fine example of this "architectural" genre
  • The Cathedral of Notre Dame at Reims is a masterpiece of this architectural style
  • This style of architecture was introduced in 1144 with the completion of the Abbey of St.-Denis north of Paris
  • The Perpendicular style was the last phase of this architectural style in England
  • The novel praises this style of architecture, that of the cathedral
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on the set of Beauty and the Beast at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) The castle in "Beauty and the Beast" reimagines this architectural style that evolved from the Romanesque in the 12th century
  • York's cathedral of St. Peter is the largest church in England built in this medieval architectural style
  • In Ulm, Germany the tallest spire in the world rises 528 feet above a cathedral built in this style