The Gothic Period is regarded as a grand step forward towards personal choice and creativity‚ allowing the artist to transcend beyond the simplistic forms of day-to-day life. The Gothic vocabulary gradually permeated all forms of art throughout Europe—pointed arches‚ trefoils‚ flying buttresses and other architectural ornaments. The dominant theme of the period was‚ without a doubt‚ Christianity and Christian ideals. The most produced works of the time were those utilized in churches such as reliquaries
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Brianna Smith March 8‚ 2012 Honors English II Southern Gothic Literature Southern Gothic Literature is a genre that focuses on events occurring in the American South after the Civil War. It involves supernatural events‚ monsters‚ heroes‚ and must reveal social and cultural issues. Boo Radley‚ a character who lives in Maycomb‚ fits the supernatural role in Southern Gothic Literature. To fit this role‚ ironic and unusual events should occur involving that person. Boo does a lot of unusual things
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Saint Patrick’s Cathedral I stood facing the gothic cathedral and I couldn’t help but gasp at the distinct facade of Saint Patrick’s. At first glance‚ one would have an impression of ‘heavy layering‚ a bunch of shapes and lean‚ heavy pillars’‚ majestic‚ extravagant as well as complicatedly structured. However‚ at a second look‚ the facade is actually mainly just composed of triangles and rectangles‚ erected bold and beautiful in the center of the city. The facade of the Saint Patrick’s
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Gothic architecture is a design that flourished during the high and late medieval period - originating in 12th-century France and lasting into the 16th century. It developed from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. Gothic architecture was known during its time as Opus Francigenum (French work) with the term Gothic first appearing during the later part of the Renaissance. The different gothic styles were influenced heavily by politics‚ religion‚ and the geographic
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transformed into the Gothic style during the Middle Ages. This happened for many reasons. The Romanesque period was a time of trial and error while the Gothic period was a time of advancements in inventions. Religion was an important factor in the shift between Romanesque and Gothic. The locations of the two types of cathedrals also contributed toward the change between Romanesque and Gothic‚ as well as the power of the relics and the community to raise funds for the Gothic cathedrals. There are several
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Gothic Conventions used in The Others: The film ‘The Others’ made by Alejandro Amenabar in 2011 is a film about a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children in their large‚ old home which she believes is haunted by ghosts. This film uses a large range of techniques and ideas to emphasise and contribute to its gothic themes. These techniques include dark and light imagery‚ symbolism and setting. The Others also uses traditional gothic ideas to develop these themes throughout the movie‚
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Gothic Literature Comparative Essay In the movie ‘Coraline ‘ and the texts ‘The Red Room’‚ ‘The Yellow Wallpaper”’ and ‘Northanger Abbey’‚ there are many aspects of gothic literature present‚ gothic literature is used to create mystery and a sense of something odd to come. Coraline is a movie about a young girl who discovers a parallel universe in the new house she moved into‚ The Red Room is about a supposedly haunted room‚ Northanger Abbey is about a girl who is spending some time in an old
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American Gothic as a distinctive American literature provides substantive insights into the history and culture of the United States. Its roots trace back to 18th century when in 1781 a highly religious farmer ritually murdered his wife and four kids after religious voices told him to. Beyond comprehension and strange story caught the attention of a lawyer Charles Brockden Brown‚ who later used motives of this bloody murder in his book Wieland (1798). The book is a story of conversion of mature and
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Gothic American literature explores the human capacity of evil and includes elements of fantasy and supernatural. Instead of looking at the good in people‚ Gothic authors always sought out the bad. Works written during this time had characters such as monsters‚ gargoyles‚ and the devil. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs‚ “The Black Cat” by Edgar A. Poe‚ and “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving all have elements of Gothic literature such as supernatural characters
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background on gothic literature is needed. This movement was started in the late 1700’s in response to the romantic era. Whereas the romantic era romanticized science‚ knowledge‚ and everyday life‚ the gothic movement sought to show the opposite views. All classes were know becoming literate‚ and the upper classes worried about the influence of knowledge on lower classes. The fear was that uncontrolled learning as a child could result in imbalanced adults (C4 328-9‚ 40). Thereby a gothic work’s intent
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