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practice, and 8liall also 8ee how capriciou8l^ architectural term8 have been
applied.
Variou8 are tbe appellation8 be8towed b^ ditkerent writer8 on tbe architecture in
que8tion : 8ome intended a8 marlc8 ok contempt, otber8 merely a8 di8tinetive term8,
and all de8igned b^ tlieir inventor to indicate tlie 8upp08ed origin ok the 8t^le8 ok
building to which tbe^ relate.
Va8ari, in the 8ixteenth century, applied to the architecture ok the middle ag68
the term Tet/eLccr, i. e. the (German, or teutonic manner, and 8peab8 ok
it a8 a di8grace to tho86 who practi8ed it.' ^Hi8 phra8e ok Va8ari 866M8 to have
been much U8ed b^ Hi8 countrymen. " Um Italian8 generally called the pointed
8t)de b^ the name ok or Oerman, Hecau86 tlie 8pecimen8 ok thi8 8t^le which
the^ were He8t acquainted with exited in Oerman^; and Hecau86 the architect8
who rai8ed the kew pointed 8tructure8 which are kound in Ital^ were ni08tl^
Oerman8."^
?alladio, and 8ome other Italian arti8t8 and writer8, employed the title ok
tr'cK, or Oothic, or dotliic Oerman. 1"hi8 wa8 originally intended
a8 an approbriou8 appellation, and wa8 a88umed and continued in the 8ame 8pirit
b^ 8ucceeding writer8 on architecture, in trance and England. Nr. blvel^n, about
1697/ appear8 to have brought the term Oothic into U86 in thi8 country, and he
wa8 kollowed b^ 8ir Oliri.8topher V^ren, who8e authority gave currency to the term,
and led to it8 U86 b^ the majority ok tho8e who wrote on the 8ubject during the
eighteenth century. Lut N^ren, though he employed the word Llothic, did not
con8ider it a8 expre88ive ok the origin ok the mode ok building which it de8ignated.
He believed that it wa8 derived krom the 8aracen8, and therefore propo8ed that it
8hould be denominated L's^ee-ric. though tbi8 opinion wa8 adopted b^ manz^, the
appellation 8eem8 to have been 8eldom employed.
^.mong tbe earlier writer on the pointed 8t^1e who embraced ^Vren'8 opinion,
wa8 1. barton, who wrote on the 8ubject in 1763, and then traced the progre88ive
* Vite cis' Oittori, t. I. 130. 6sssar Lesariani, in bis 6ommentar^ on Vitruvius, ^ubbsbed in 1521,
describing, tbe catbedral of Nilan, sa^s, it vas built " (767-Ma-rico Mo/'e,"—in tbe Oerman manner.
Or. Vlilner's " Ireatise on tbe Occlesiastical ^rcbitecture of Ongland," 1811, 8vo. p. 6. note.
In bis " Recount of ^robitects and ^.rebitecture," p. 9. tbe dedication of wbicb is dated 1697, be
sa^s tbat tbe Ootbs and Vandals introduced " a certain fantastical and licentious manner of building,
^vbicb ve bave since called modern, or Ootbic ratber."
practice, and 8liall also 8ee how capriciou8l^ architectural term8 have been
applied.
Variou8 are tbe appellation8 be8towed b^ ditkerent writer8 on tbe architecture in
que8tion : 8ome intended a8 marlc8 ok contempt, otber8 merely a8 di8tinetive term8,
and all de8igned b^ tlieir inventor to indicate tlie 8upp08ed origin ok the 8t^le8 ok
building to which tbe^ relate.
Va8ari, in the 8ixteenth century, applied to the architecture ok the middle ag68
the term Tet/eLccr, i. e. the (German, or teutonic manner, and 8peab8 ok
it a8 a di8grace to tho86 who practi8ed it.' ^Hi8 phra8e ok Va8ari 866M8 to have
been much U8ed b^ Hi8 countrymen. " Um Italian8 generally called the pointed
8t)de b^ the name ok or Oerman, Hecau86 tlie 8pecimen8 ok thi8 8t^le which
the^ were He8t acquainted with exited in Oerman^; and Hecau86 the architect8
who rai8ed the kew pointed 8tructure8 which are kound in Ital^ were ni08tl^
Oerman8."^
?alladio, and 8ome other Italian arti8t8 and writer8, employed the title ok
tr'cK, or Oothic, or dotliic Oerman. 1"hi8 wa8 originally intended
a8 an approbriou8 appellation, and wa8 a88umed and continued in the 8ame 8pirit
b^ 8ucceeding writer8 on architecture, in trance and England. Nr. blvel^n, about
1697/ appear8 to have brought the term Oothic into U86 in thi8 country, and he
wa8 kollowed b^ 8ir Oliri.8topher V^ren, who8e authority gave currency to the term,
and led to it8 U86 b^ the majority ok tho8e who wrote on the 8ubject during the
eighteenth century. Lut N^ren, though he employed the word Llothic, did not
con8ider it a8 expre88ive ok the origin ok the mode ok building which it de8ignated.
He believed that it wa8 derived krom the 8aracen8, and therefore propo8ed that it
8hould be denominated L's^ee-ric. though tbi8 opinion wa8 adopted b^ manz^, the
appellation 8eem8 to have been 8eldom employed.
^.mong tbe earlier writer on the pointed 8t^1e who embraced ^Vren'8 opinion,
wa8 1. barton, who wrote on the 8ubject in 1763, and then traced the progre88ive
* Vite cis' Oittori, t. I. 130. 6sssar Lesariani, in bis 6ommentar^ on Vitruvius, ^ubbsbed in 1521,
describing, tbe catbedral of Nilan, sa^s, it vas built " (767-Ma-rico Mo/'e,"—in tbe Oerman manner.
Or. Vlilner's " Ireatise on tbe Occlesiastical ^rcbitecture of Ongland," 1811, 8vo. p. 6. note.
In bis " Recount of ^robitects and ^.rebitecture," p. 9. tbe dedication of wbicb is dated 1697, be
sa^s tbat tbe Ootbs and Vandals introduced " a certain fantastical and licentious manner of building,
^vbicb ve bave since called modern, or Ootbic ratber."