All 3 Uses of
Gothic architecture
in
The Fountainhead
- It looked like a medieval fortress, with a Gothic cathedral grafted to its belly.†
Chpt 1.1 *Gothic cathedral = a cathedral characterized by vaulting and pointed arches
- He doesn't belong here, thought Scarret, because he doesn't look modern—that's what it is—he doesn't look modern, no matter what kind of pants he's wearing—he looks like something out of a Gothic cathedral.†
Chpt 4.15
- Remarkable example of Gothic architecture.†
Chpt 2.7
Definition:
a style of architecture characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches -- famously popularized in European cathedrals built between the 12th and 16th centuries