 Giorgio Vasari used the term "barbarous German style" in his 1550 "Lives of the Artists" to describe what is now considered the Gothic style.In the introduction to the "Lives" he attributed various architectural features to the Goths whom he held responsible for destroying the ancient buildings after they conquered Rome, and erecting new ones in this style.In the 17th century, Molière also mocked the Gothic style in the 1669 poem "La Gloire"