Gothic is the adjective that designates what is originating, relative, created or used by the Goths, the Germanic people.
The term also gained the connotation of hard or barbarian, and since the 18th century it has also been used to refer to different, distinct and eccentric things.
Gothic style
The Gothic style was a art history stage, which had its own characteristics with aesthetic and philosophical values and which emerged as a response to the Romanesque style.
This cultural and artistic movement developed during the Middle Ages, in the context of the Renaissance of the 12th century and continued until the advent of the Italian Renaissance in Florence, when classical inspiration broke the artistic language until then widespread.
Gothic art is marked by the remarkable architecture of cathedrals, pointed arches and vaults, slender shapes and stained glass grilles.
In the city of Barcelona, Spain, there is the so-called Gothic Quarter, which is the oldest nucleus of the city and its historic center.
The structure of the neighborhood remained intact until the 19th century, however, there was a transformation of the cemeteries parishes in public squares, the emptying of large buildings with the consequent change of use or the demolition of walls.
The remains of the first wall in the square of the Cathedral of Barcelona are currently preserved.
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gothic movement
Today, goth is also used to refer to individuals with unusual postures and an insatiable curiosity for culture.
They are intellectually and socially unaccepted in the expression of their art and themselves, thus demonstrating their disenchantment with modern society.
The goths have always been oriented towards musical, literary and architectural movements, they are possessed of a misunderstood humor, and that is why they are often maligned as depressive.
