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Elements of Gothicism

By: Bryan Tryon, Natalie Hochhaus, SahDia Pride

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History

  • 12-century France
  • 16-century the term was used
  • Goth- a rude and barbaric culture
  • Visigoths or Barbaric Goths- the barbarians that sacked Rome in 410 AD
  • Ignorance of the mid-evil times

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Literature

  • Setting portrays horror and dread as well as worldly decay.
  • Usually a hero and a villain and a wanderer.
  • Plot mirrors the ruined world in its dealings with a protagonist's fall from grace as she succumbs to temptation from a villain.
  • Usually about the supernatural but it is possible to connect with the humans in the novel

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Setting and Atmosphere

Setting:

  • In a castle, old family home, etc
  • Remote times and places

Atmosphere:

  • Suspense and terror
  • Middle Ages

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Architecture

  • Pointed arches
  • Rib vault
  • Flying buttress

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Ribbed Vault & Flying Buttress

Ribbed Vault

  • Intersection of two or three barrel vaults

Flying Buttress

  • To resist the lateral forces of a wall

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Gothic Art Styles

Frescoes

Stained Glass

Altarpiece

Panel Painting

Manuscripts

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Frescoes

Def-Several related mural paintings on a flat surface

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Stained Glass

  • To add more light
  • Images would be symbols
  • Ex: Virgin Marry was symbol of devotion

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Key Elements

  • Imaginary over the logical
  • Mysterious
  • Enlightening
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