In its day, art of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was called the _______________, but Giorgio Vasari, an artist and art historian of the sixteenth century, coined the term "Gothic" as a pejorative reference to its rejection of the classical principles that regained popularity in the Renaissance.
A) French style
B) International style
C) Church style
D) Denisian style

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The term "Gothic" was not used to describe the art until Giorgio Vasari coined it in the sixteenth century. The art of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was referred to as the "French style" or the "International style," as it spread throughout Europe. The term "Church style" is not commonly used to describe this period of art, and "Denisian style" is not a recognized term in art history.

In Its Day, Art of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries