Gothic

• adj.ゴシック；野蛮
• n. ゴシック

ゲルマン人の民族名であるゴート、ゴシックから。

Gothic (adj.)

"of the Goths," the ancient Germanic people, "pertaining to the Goths or their language," 1610s, from Late Latin Gothicus, from Gothi, Greek Gothoi (see Goth). Old English had Gotisc. As a noun, "the language of the Goths," from 1757. Gothic was used by 17c. scholars to mean "Germanic, Teutonic," hence its use from 1640s as a term for the art style that emerged in northern Europe in the Middle Ages (which has nothing to do with the historical Goths), originally applied in scorn by Italian architects of the Renaissance; it was extended early 19c. to literary style that used northern European medieval settings to suggest horror and mystery. The word was revived 1983 as the name for a style of music and the associated youth culture (see goth). In typography, in England of black-face letters used for German text (1781), in the U.S. of square-cut printing type. Gothic revival in reference to a style of architecture and decorating (championed by Sir George Gilbert Scott) is from 1856.

1. The story ascends from a gothic tragedy to a miraculous fairy-tale.

物語はゴシック悲劇から不思議な童話に昇華した。

2.The images were Gothic or Byzantine rather than classical.

これらのイメージは古典式ではなくゴシック式またはビザンチン式です。

3.This novel is not science fiction，nor is it Gothic horror.

この小説はSFでもゴシック派のホラー小説でもない。

4.It is a classic style of Gothic buildings.

ゴシック建築の典型的な様式です。

5.The cathedral was eventually completed in 1490,though the Gothic facade remains unfinished.

その大聖堂は最終的に1490年に建てられたが、ゴシック様式の正面は完成していなかった。