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Encyclopedia Britannica



GOTHIC

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 272 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GOA-GRA
GOTHIC , the
term
  generally applied to medieval architecture, and more especially to that in which the pointed arch appears. The style was at one time supposed to have originated with the warlike
people
  known as the Goths, some of whom (the
East
  Goths, or Ostrogoths) settled in the eastern portion of Europe, and others (the West Goths, or Visigoths) in- the
Asturias
  of Spain; but as no buildings or remains of any description have ever been found, in which there are any traces of an independent construction in either brick or stone, the title is misleading; since, however, it is now so generally accepted it would be difficult to
change
  it. The
term
  when first employed was one of reproach, as
Evelyn
  (1702) , when speaking of the faultless building (i.e. classic) says, " they were demolished by the Goths or Vandals, who introduced their own licentious style now called
modern
  or Gothic." The employment of the pointed arch in Syria,
Egypt
  and Sicily, from the 8th
century
  onwards by the Mahommedans for their mosques and gateways, some four centuries before it made its
appearance
  in Europe, also makes it advisable to adhere to the old term Gothic in preference to Pointed Architecture. (See ARCHITECTURE)


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