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Some periods are luckier than others and choose their own names. The word Renaissance, though in English commonly known by its French name, was created by an Italian poet still perceived as belonging to the period, Petrarch. The Middle Ages were less lucky at Petrarch's hands - he was comparing his own period to the classical world, seeing his time as a time of rebirth after a dark intermediate period, the Middle Ages. [[The Gothic and the Baroque were both named during subsequent stylistic periods when the parent was unpopular. The word "Gothic" was applied as a pejorative term to all things Northern European and, hence, barbarian, by Italian writers during the 15th and 16th centuries. The word "baroque" (probably) was used first in late 18th century French about the irregular natural pearl shape and later about an architectural style perceived to be "irregular" in comparison to the highly regular Neoclassical architecture of that time. |
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Some periods are luckier than others and choose their own names. The word Renaissance, though in English commonly known by its French name, was created by an Italian poet still perceived as belonging to the period, Petrarch. The Middle Ages were less lucky at Petrarch's hands - he was comparing his own period to the classical world, seeing his time as a time of rebirth after a dark intermediate period, the Middle Ages. The Gothic and the Baroque were both named during subsequent stylistic periods when the parent was unpopular. The word "Gothic" was applied as a pejorative term to all things Northern European and, hence, barbarian, by Italian writers during the 15th and 16th centuries. The word "baroque" (probably) was used first in late 18th century French about the irregular natural pearl shape and later about an architectural style perceived to be "irregular" in comparison to the highly regular Neoclassical architecture of that time. |
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