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Look up: gothic

  1. Gothic
    In architecture a the term Gothic refers to something off or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions. The style was prevalent in Western Europe from abou...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. gothic
    A sans serif font style.
    Found on http://www.jgoffin.freeserve.co.uk/abf/g

  3. Gothic
    [adj] - characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German 2. [adj] - of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths 3. [adj] - of or relating to the Goths 4. [adj] - (literature) characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque 5. [n] - extinct Eas...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Gothic
    A style of architecture which flourished in Western Europe between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries. In England it included Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles.
    Found on http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi

  5. Gothic
    A pointed arch style of architecture both medieval and Victorian
    Found on http://www.digitalstroud.co.uk/glossary.

  6. Gothic
    Typefaces with no serifs and broad even strokes.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829

  7. Gothic
    a style of architecture which predominated throughout Europe from 12th to early 16th centuries. Evolved from the Romanesque, it is characterised by the pointed arch, ribbed vaults and elaborate traceried window openings. Gothic architecture in England is usually broken down into three phas...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  8. Gothic
    A style of art and architecture, and also a period of culture, usually associated with the Middle Ages, from c. 1150-1500. Gothic was essentially a northern European style. Many people think of the pointed arch as the essential of Gothic style. Decoration is often based on nature - can be very realistic, or can be grotesque.
    Found on http://www.architecture.com/HowWeBuiltBr

  9. Gothic
    Art, architecture or decoration styles dating from after the Norman period but before the renaissance.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20941

  10. Gothic
    Goth'ic adjective [ Latin Gothicus : confer French gothique .] 1. Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous. 2. (Architecture) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/46

  11. Gothic
    Goth'ic noun 1. The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth . » Bishop Ulfilas or Walfila translated most of the Bible into Gothic about the Mid...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/46

  12. Gothic
    adjective of or relating to the Goths; `Gothic migrations`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. gothic
    adjective characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; `gothic novels like `Frankenstein``
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. Gothic
    Gothic architecture noun a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and cou...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. Gothic
    noun extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. Gothic
    noun a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. Gothic
    • (n.) The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth. • (n.) The style described in Gothic, a., 2. • (n.) A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a style of ar...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. Gothic
    (from the article `typography`) ...to surmount in a lifetime. As a result, to all intents and purposes, Japanese typographers have had only two typefaces to choose from—mincho, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/52

  19. Gothic
    Pieces from this period (late 1100's to early 1500's) were straight, large and heavy. Many of these pieces were produced in monasteries, which explains the ornamental carvings of canonical figures. This period produced trestle tables, cupboards and stools. Oak and pine were the primary woods of choice.
    Found on http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/comm_

  20. Gothic
    Style which influenced first architecture and later painting, sculpture and the minor arts. It developed in France during the mid-12th century and spread throughout Europe and Italy from the 13th to the 15th centuries. Gothic sculpture is characterized by a pure, verical line and delicate interpreta...
    Found on http://www.arca.net/postcard/gourl.html?

  21. Gothic
    A style in architecture, sculpture and pointing between the 12th and the 16th centurv. During the neo-classical 18th century, a syn. for the barbarous and lawless, the 'romanticists' who reacted against the 18th century classicism, reverted to a love for the medieval Gothic styles. -- L.V.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/g.html

  22. GOTHIC
    A style of architecture and art dominant in Europe from the 12th to the 15th century. Gothic architecture features pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and often large areas of stained glass.
    Found on http://www.modernsculpture.com/glossary.

  23. Gothic
    Primarily an architectural style that prevailed in western Europe from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries, characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses, that made it possible to create stone buildings that reached great heights.
    Found on http://www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glo

  24. Gothic
    A European movement beginning in France. Gothic sculpture emerged c. 1200, Gothic painting later in the thirteenth century. The artworks are characterized by a linear, graceful, elegant style more naturalistic than that which had existed previously in Europe.
    Found on http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts

  25. Gothic
    (video game) `Gothic` is a single-player action role-playing video game for Windows developed by the German company publisher=Game Rankings |accessdate=2009-01-16-->--><ref name="Metacritic">--><ref name="GameSpot review">--> Gameplay : The main character must...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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