What connection did renaissance thinkers want to make between the goths and the church by using the term gothic?

a) both were backward and barbaric and should be feared.

b) both were influential in the formation of modern society.

c) both were open to change and constantly keeping up with the times.

d)both were scared institutions that should be respected.

Both were backward and barbaric and should be feared.

A) both were backward and barbaric and should be feared.

Explanation:

The term "Gothic" refers to a type of aesthetics that became popular during Medieval times. The word itself was used as a symbol for "Barbaric" due to the reference it made to the Gothic tribes that had contributed to the demise of the Roman Empire. The word was therefore used pejoratively, since critics believed Gothic art to be unrefined, as well as too far from classic ideas of shapes and proportions. This sense of "barbaric" and "fearsome" was the one that connected the term and the Church.

the eye wink at the hand; yet let that be / which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.