This is a comprehensive guide to the history of Gothic from the eighteenth century to the present day that includes original research. In the middle of the eighteenth century, the Gothic became the universal language of architecture, painting and literature, expressing a love no…
"In the middle of the eighteenth century the Gothic became the universal language of architecture, painting and literature, expressing a love not only of ruins, decay and medieval pageantry, but also the drug-induced monsters of the mind. By explaining the international dimensio…
"In the middle of the eighteenth century the Gothic became the universal language of architecture, painting and literature, expressing a love not only of ruins, decay and medieval pageantry, but also the drug-induced monsters of the mind. By explaining the international dimensio…
Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Britain, 15 February - 1 May 2006.
The 1770s was marked by the emergence of themes of violence, horror and the supernatural in art: the birth of the Gothic. Published to accompany an exhibition at Tate Britain, 'Gothic Nightmares' considers these themes in visual art.
Gothic nightmares explorers the taste for weird, supernatural and fantastic themes in British art between 1770 and 1830.
