The Journal

One of the most interesting aspects of architectural history is always evident in the naming conventions. Those responsible for giving a movement, style or trend its name are rarely the same people who create the work itself. Gothic Architecture is perhaps the greatest example of this that we have. It was famously coined as a derogatory term by the masters of the incoming Renaissance architecture in the 15th and 16th centuries. They suggested that the style itself was created by savages more akin to the Goths of early Germany and Sweden, with barbaric and unsophisticated design choices that were inferior to the Ancient Romans and Greeks they so admired.