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Gothicism

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Goth·i·cism  (gth-szm)
n.
1. The use or imitation of Gothic style, as in architecture.
2. A barbarous or crude manner or style.
Gothicism [ˈgɒθɪˌsɪzəm]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) conformity to, use of, or imitation of the Gothic style, esp in architecture
2. crudeness of manner or style
gothicism
a style in fictional literature characterized by gloomy settings, violent or grotesque action, and a mood of decay, degeneration, and decadence. — gothicist, n. — gothic, adj.
See also: Literary Style
the general term employed to denote the several phases of European architecture in the period 1100-1530 that employ the pointed arch, or their imitations.
See also: Architecture
the principles of the paintings, sculptures, stained glass, mosaics, and book illustrations of the period 1200-1450, embracing several disparate styles and emphases. — Gothicist, n.
See also: Art


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Interest in Bath's classical heritage--both historic and recent, Roman and Georgian--also stagnated before a rising tide of Gothicism, religiosity, moral respectability, and urban improvement.
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As a young man he was a Goth, and his particular brilliance is already evident in the knife-edge sharpness of his window-tracery in a church at Ditteridge, the bold simplicity of the little church built on the cheap at Grade, his robust Bristol warehouses and his grand little town hall at Congleton -- arguably more successful than the more elaborate town hall at Northampton, the best feature of which is the chunkily creative Gothicism of the chairs in the Council Chamber.
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Goldner, in her essay "Other (ed) Ghosts: Gothicism and the Bonds of Reason in Melville, Chesnutt and Morrison" argues that the "gothic representations of slavery" in Melville's "Benito Cereno," Chesnutt's The Conjure Woman, and Morrison's Beloved often grapple with the dominant discourse [of rationality] they disrupt.
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