GOTHIC


Meaning of GOTHIC in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

arch

On either side of the large doors is a gallery of Gothic arches facing west.

Neville's eyebrows soared into a Gothic arch .

architecture

The new clergy houses were of a quite different, selfless and holy Gothic architecture .

Window design is also a characteristic feature of Gothic architecture .

This is perhaps because the later accretions are somewhat dwarfed amid the towering Gothic architecture .

The House of Hapsburg came to power in 1273, and soon afterwards Gothic architecture made its appearance.

This forced on builders a simple form of Gothic architecture .

This virtuoso decorative carving is a typical feature of late Gothic architecture in Bohemia.

Secular remains of Gothic architecture in Czechoslovakia are fewer.

building

Because of the inadequate fenestration later Gothic buildings , in particular, are dark inside compared to their equivalents elsewhere.

Her influence on the girl was soon considerable and Constance looked forward to her visits to the grim and rambling Gothic building .

This great Gothic building is now a gallery of Czech art of the 14 and 20C.

cathedral

In Gothic cathedrals the light flows up to dominate the downward flow of masonry.

The Gothic cathedrals were similarly designed in that sense.

The Gothic cathedral façade was here the supreme vehicle.

It was a one-story structure, but only if you think of a Gothic cathedral as one story.

Moreover, in the building of the great Gothic cathedrals many new devices were introduced, including flying buttresses.

The establishment of the Gothic cathedral pattern began with the building of the Cathedral of Paris in 1163.

Exeter, 30 miles away, is an attractive city with a splendid Gothic cathedral .

church

Outside Prague there are a number of outstanding later Gothic churches .

Climb the hill and enter the echoing fifteenth-century Gothic church to peer through glass panels at the medieval foundations.

Beyond it lay the Victorian Gothic church and some large houses of the same period, now mostly turned into flats.

design

Had they wanted a Gothic design , they might well have restricted entries to Britain.

This was a criticism not of Gothic design nor of church building but of extravagant expenditure.

The aisles of the same height are in Gothic design .

It is ironic that the man who did so much to revive Gothic design , Thomas Rickman, was himself a Quaker.

In general, Romanesque style work continued late and Gothic design was slow to develop.

The third prize-winner had, however, been chosen because his was a Gothic design .

novel

She published a total of sixteen books in her career, of which ten were Gothic novels .

Essentially, these Gothic novels are not the Gothics of today.

There he penned a juvenile Gothic novel , a copy of which he intended to send to his belle.

An abbey! the very sound of the word is thrilling to the young devotee of the Gothic novel .

Older writers of Romantic Suspense and Gothic novels suddenly became popular and the careers of numerous new authors were launched.

revival

No doubt both men, as supporters of the Gothic Revival , expected Scott to adhere to his stated principles.

The interior received unsuitable eighteenth century classical additions, then nineteenth century Gothic Revival alterations.

romance

The connection between ancient houses and mysteries of a shameful kind has its origin in Gothic romance .

The revelation of Niagara Falls as a place of horror dovetailed neatly with the appearance of the Gothic romance in literature.

style

Most remarkable, however, are his two houses in the Gothic style .

Dedicated to St Paul, it is stone built in an early Gothic style .

From the fourteenth century onwards considerable building was carried out in the Gothic style .

Carter had worked under James Wyatt, one of the first professional architects to recognize the Gothic style in the eighteenth century.

The Gothic style of the mansion has made it an ideal film set in the past.

The vicarage house is a handsome brick building in the Gothic style .

The windows are in simple Gothic style .

Re-built in Gothic style from 1247 in brick, it is large, simple and spacious.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Hovers between the Gothic and Romantic Suspense genres.

Sitte, in opposition to baroque and modern rectilinearity, advocated the Gothic free-form of mediaeval streets.

The Gothic room in the old town hall should be visited.

This forced on builders a simple form of Gothic architecture.

This is perhaps because the later accretions are somewhat dwarfed amid the towering Gothic architecture.

This replaced the Gothic spire of the old St Nicholas' in the 18C.

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