Gothic art | Gothic Art (1450 works) (part 2)

17 December 2012

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The word "Gothic" comes from Italian. gotico - unusual, barbaric - (Goten - barbarians; this style has nothing to do with the historical Goths), and was first used as an expletive. For the first time, the concept in the modern sense was used by Giorgio Vasari in order to separate the Renaissance from the Middle Ages. Gothic completed the development of European medieval art, arising on the basis of the achievements of Romanesque culture, and in the Renaissance (Renaissance) the art of the Middle Ages was considered “barbaric”. Gothic art was cultic in purpose and religious in theme. It addressed the highest divine powers, eternity, and the Christian worldview.

Gothic is a period in the development of medieval art in Western, Central and partly Eastern Europe from the 12th to the 15th-16th centuries. Gothic replaced the Romanesque style, gradually displacing it. The term "Gothic" is most often applied to a well-known style of architecture that can be briefly described as "intimidatingly majestic." But Gothic covers almost all works of fine art of this period: sculpture, painting, book miniatures, stained glass, frescoes and many others.

Gothic style originated in the middle of the 12th century in northern France; in the 13th century it spread to the territory of modern Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Spain, and England. Gothic penetrated into Italy later, with great difficulty and strong transformation, which led to the emergence of “Italian Gothic”. At the end of the 14th century, Europe was swept by the so-called International Gothic. Gothic penetrated into the countries of Eastern Europe later and stayed there a little longer - until the 16th century.

The term "neo-Gothic" is applied to buildings and works of art that contain characteristic Gothic elements, but were created during the eclectic period (mid-19th century) and later.

In the 1980s, the term “gothic” began to be used to refer to the subculture that arose at that time (“gothic subculture”), including the musical direction (“gothic music”).