The well-known Italian artist and historian Giorgio Vasari first used that adjective towards 1550 to describe an exceptional set of works of art. It was not, therefore, an insult that knew little about art, but the opinion of an expert. Vasari's intention was to draw attention to the brutality of Gothic forms.
The Gothic term means “of the Goths”, with which Vasari wanted to express that the artistic style was that of the barbarians, of the peoples who were engaged in looting and destroying everything they found, of the peoples who had no interest in seeking the perfection and beauty of the classical works of ancient Greece and Rome.
Vasari was unsuccessful in his criticism. By then, the Gothic was already spreading across Western Europe and, without wanting to, soon lost an insulting tone in the style that it hated so much.
Eskultura grekoerromatarrek bere garaian zuten itxurak ez du zerikusirik gaurkoarekin. Erabilitako materiala ez zuten bistan uzten. Orain badakigu kolore biziz margotzen zituztela eta jantziak eta apaingarriak ere eransten zizkietela. Bada, Cecilie Brøns Harvard... [+]
Behin batean, gazterik, gidoi nagusia betetzea egokitu zitzaion. Elbira Zipitriaren ikasle izanak, ikastolen mugimendu berriarekin bat egin zuen. Irakasle izan zen artisau baino lehen. Gero, eskulturgile. Egun, musika jotzen du, bere gogoz eta bere buruarentzat. Eta beti, eta 35... [+]
This text comes two years later, but the calamities of drunks are like this. A surprising surprise happened in San Fermín Txikito: I met Maite Ciganda Azcarate, an art restorer and friend of a friend. That night he told me that he had been arranging two figures that could be... [+]
On Monday afternoon, I had already planned two documentaries carried out in the Basque Country. I am not particularly fond of documentaries, but Zinemaldia is often a good opportunity to set aside habits and traditions. I decided on the Pello Gutierrez Peñalba Replica a week... [+]
