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Gothic 1. denoting, relating to, or resembling the style of architecture that was used in W Europe from the 12th to the 16th centuries, characterized by the lancet arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttress 2. of or relating to the style of sculpture, painting, or other arts as practised in W Europe from the 12th to the 16th centuries 3. of or relating to a literary style characterized by gloom, the grotesque, and the supernatural, popular esp in the late 18th century: when used of modern literature, films, etc., sometimes spelt: Gothick 4. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Goths or their language 5. of or relating to the Middle Ages 6. Gothic architecture or art 7. the extinct language of the ancient Goths, known mainly from fragments of a translation of the Bible made in the 4th century by Bishop Wulfila www.artlex.com/ArtLex/g/gothic.html www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/gothic.html www.artcyclopedia.com/history/gothic.html How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| As in "Big Boy Leaves Home," race and gender are gothicized. In Europe, seminal buildings such as Labrouste's Bibiliotheque de Saint-Genevieve pioneered the use of cast iron internally in Gothicized barrel vaults of prefabricated sections. Another piece, one of the works on paper, Del Mar Heights--a little mysterious painting--he reads and she is gothicized in her flame-designed clothes, 1993, demonstrates how the narrative appeal of his compositions is largely dependent on a textural handling of materials like gouache, watercolor, and graphite. |
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