OK, take a look at this:

http://tinyurl.com/nuktqb

and this:

http://tinyurl.com/l4xg4u

Note the pointed arches, the vaulted roof, the multiplicity of vertical 
elements, the heavily ribbed columns, the geometric designs of circles 
and epicycloids, the curves and diagonals, the general "encrusted" look 
of the curving...

Now if *I* were looking for a way to describe all this, I'd choose 
either just "ornate", or probably "gothic". But I have no idea whether 
that's technically correct...

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*

Post a reply to this message