Gothic Art, Historical, Now, Modern, Contemporary

By johnny_automatic
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During the Renaissance, Italian writers disparaged Gothic Art. They considered the art and architecture of Medieval times as graceless. They likened it to barbarians and thus deemed it Gothic. The Goths were part of the Germanic migration, and they contributed to Rome's declension. The barbarians sacked Rome in the 5th century B.C. decimating its classical urbanity. The Italian classicist adored the classic Roman art and architecture.

Even some French writers like Boileau and Rousseau disapproved of Gothic, though it originated in Northern France. But originally the style was dubbed French work or Opus Francigenum.