carpenter's gothic
1Carpenter's Gothic — is the title of the third novel by William Gaddis, published in 1985 by Viking. The title connotes a Gothic tale of haunted isolation, in a milieu stripped of all pretensions.Gaddis s second shortest novel, Carpenter s Gothic relates the words… …
2Carpenter Gothic — Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter s Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures… …
3Gothic Architecture — • History of the style Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gothic Architecture Gothic Architecture † …
4Gothic — or Goth may refer to:Germanic personsOriginally, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes. *The Goths – **the Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language, spoken by the Goths ***the Crimean Gothic, Gothic language spoken by the… …
5Gothic Revival architecture — Notable Neo Gothic edifices: top: Palace of Westminster, London; left: Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh; right: Sint Petrus en Pauluskerk, Ostend …
6carpenter gothic — (sometimes caps.) a style of Victorian Gothic architecture adapted to the resources of contemporary woodworking tools and machinery. * * * U.S. domestic architecture style of the 19th century. The houses executed in this phase of the Gothic… …
7Gothic architecture — See also: Gothic art The western façade of Reims Cathedral, France …
8gothic — gothically, adv. gothicness, gothicity /go this i tee/, n. /goth ik/, adj. 1. (usually cap.) noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe… …
9carpenter gothic — (sometimes caps.) a style of Victorian Gothic architecture adapted to the resources of contemporary woodworking tools and machinery …
10Richard Cromwell Carpenter — (21 October 1812 ndash; 27 March 1855) was an English architect. He is chiefly remembered as an ecclesiastical architect working in the Gothic style. The son of Richard and Sophia Carpenter, he was born into a moderately affluent family living in …
