From the Renaissance perspective (originally Italian, gotico, with connotations of "rough, barbarous"), it conveyed a opposite of classical or Roman, hence: High Medieval northern European art, especially architecture, see Gothic art, Gothic architecture, International Gothic A 18th century Gothic revival sought to revive High Medieval Gothic architecture. The Gothic (Naenia typica) is a metal money of noctuid moth, named when its system evocative of Gothic architecture. A second title for Blackletter, a script developed in the Middle Ages. from either a 18th century, a word come to mean Germanic in general (synonymously with Teutonic), with grim overtones e.g. from either a direct contrast of Germanic mythology with classical Greek mythology. the British literary genre from either the late Eighteenth & early 19th century, using a Victorian revival a hundred years late: understand Gothic novel. From either its apply around Romanticism, the word in the 20th century come to refer to anything dark or even gloomy. the certain life-style (understand Goth), music (see Gothic rock), and fashion (look at Gothic fashion). The roleplaying video game: Gothic (computer game) Gothic, a 1986 film by Ken Russell. Gothic, an album released by the heavy metal/goth metal band Paradise Lost in 1992. more recent utilizes: A second title for sans-serif typefaces. Japanese Gothic typeface is a common printing style inside Japanese printing. The chess variant: Gothic Chess.