Neogothic

See also: neogothic

English

Etymology

From neo- +‎ gothic.

Adjective

Neogothic (comparative more Neogothic, superlative most Neogothic)

1. (architecture, literature) Alternative form of neogothic
   • 1979, Sandro Gattei, Sandro Pirovano, Robert Mainardi, Trentino Alto Adige, page 464:

     The travelling engineer Frencesco Senweignoter designed the church at Falzes (1851) and also the front of the mausoleaum for Archduke Reiner in the principal church in Bolzano. The latter is a pleasing and correct example of the Neogothic style.

   • 1992, Newsletter - Issues 47-65, page 90:

     The earlier periods, the original and ideas-phases of German Neogothic, have been well written up in English; now Lewis's work fills an important gap in English-language works on the later period; indeed, so far, there is no comparable work in German either.

   • 1993, East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, City of Berlin intensive architectural/historical survey: final report:

     The Neogothic Revival style of the early 1900s sought to tame the excesses of the flamboyant High Victorian Gothic by turning to English Gothic architecture for inspiration.

   • 1995, Icon to Cartoon: A Tribute to Sixten Ringbom, page 22:

     His interest in architecture was always strongly linked to his sense of responsibility for the care and preservation of the built environment. In 1973 he published an article on Early Neogothic in Finland.

   • 2000, Juan Bassegoda Nonell, Antonio Gaudi: Master Architect:

     Toward the end of the nineteenth century, he made a series of designs in the Neogothic idiom of Martorell.

Translations

revived language of the Goths

Anagrams

• theogonic