Goth, also translated as "Goethe", originally refers to Goths, belonging to Germanic tribes in Western Europe. It was first used in the Renaissance to distinguish the artistic style of the Middle Ages (5th ~15th century). Its origin comes from the German Goths who invaded Italy and disintegrated the Roman Empire in the 3rd-5th century. In the15th century, Italians had the idea of reviving ancient Roman culture, which led to the brilliant Renaissance. Because Italians can't let go of the historical hatred of the Goths for destroying the Roman Empire, in order to distinguish it from this period, they called the artistic style of the Middle Ages "Goth", which means "barbarism". Although the word "Gothic" has a negative meaning, in fact, a large number of Gothic-style works are artistic.

Gothic, as an artistic style, has the characteristics of towering, gloomy, weird, mysterious and scary. Widely used in architecture, sculpture, painting, literature, music, clothing, fonts and other artistic fields. Gothic art is exaggerated, asymmetrical, peculiar, light, complex and decorated, characterized by frequent use of vertically extending lines, and its main representative elements include bats and roses.