Gothic Nouveau Research Assignment

Early Netherlandish painter, Robert Campin, active during the 15th and 16th century was one of the few to introduced a new painting style to the Italian Renaissance Era. Although Campin belongs to the Northern Renaissance era, he still carried elements of Late Gothic. Therefore, Campin was greatly influenced by the International Gothic movement. The Gothic movement, which was introduced by the French includes a saturation of biblical scenes, Illumnatied religious manuscripts, and very detailed portraiture. One of Robert Campin’s biggest achivements was, Merode Altarpiece, a detailed religious scene done between 1425 and 1428. The Marode Alterpiece includes a triptych panel or a three part hinged panel.

It is a known fact that Tim Burton enjoys teaming up with Johnny Depp to produce many awe-inspiring films such as Edward Scissorhands, The Corpse’s Bride, and Alice and Wonderland. These movies contain wacky characters, dark themes and a wonderful story that can leave the audience wanting for more. Another collaboration between the two, the 1999 film Sleepy Hollow, conveys all of those themes. In this film, Depp, again, plays an odd protagonist, and the gothic style of Burton is obvious. However, the film also contains an unexpected, deeper layer of meaning. The film incorporates the three early American literary styles: Puritanism, Rationalism, and Romanticism.

Since the eighteenth century, Gothic writers have been using strategies in their writings to make supernatural accounts seem imaginable and not entirely false. Some of these strategies include darkness, intricate or secret passages, and abandoned or isolated buildings. The environments in which stories take place are critical to Gothic literature because they distinguish Gothic from any other type of writings. Architectural environments in Gothic writings have allowed for plot development and are the pinnacle of this style of writing. They help further the plot by adding essential features that are needed in order to make the stories more realistic and imaginable. Imagination is an important trait that has been used throughout history in order

When the film Black Swan came out in 2010, it was received very positively, being nominated for five Oscars the next year and even winning the award for best leading actress. Today, seven years later, it is still known for Natalie Portman's portrayal of an unstable ballerina. Mostly categorized as a Horror film, Black Swan can also be argued to be a Gothic story realized on film. When watching the film, I was especially interested to see it's Gothic elements and more precisely how tropes like the Gothic monster and the double are handled both when it comes to the writing and the visuals. In the following pages I will give an overview on the development of Gothic literature and different categories within the genre. In this, my

Captivating gothic elements indulge the reader in “The Woman in Black” by Susan Hill. Gothic elements are supernatural effects that create a feeling of dread and mystery. In the novella, Hill uses precise details to add a gothic atmosphere with the London Fog, Crythin Gifford, and the scene at the park.

A 60-bell carillon is housed in the Tower. It is surrounded by 250-acre of gardens to attract the many species of birds. There are eight marble heron statues at the top of the Tower. The artwork scheme for both the grille work and sculpture consist of different type of birds, a Bible scene about Adam and Eva, and the serpent, sea creatures, and a variety of flowers. The top third floor had tiles that were vibrant and colorful. The north side of the Tower was designed with huge brass door depicted from the book of Genesis, starting with the creation until the first perfect couple were banished from the Garden of Eden. The masterpiece of the iron gates towards the tower was created with wings and exotic zoomorphic pieces that included wings and wing-like art forms. The Tower also has a sundial fixated on it, made from bronze and molded into a snake. As the sun moves from east to west it presents time on the 12 zodiac symbols used to mark the hour. The tower was designed at to be capture by the pond in it’s entirely through its reflection. There are many fascinating mosaics on the Tower. Some materials used for the design and structure were iron, metal, pink and grey marble coquina stone, friezes, tiles, carved screens, arched entranceway, balconies, and sculpted finals. Some of the themes consist of philosophy, depiction in, the Bible, Nature and humanity. There was also Renaissance -style iron

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum showcases Mrs. Gardner 's collection to the public in greater Boston area. Each room functions as a pilgrimage, as one travels through various countries and time periods ending at the chapel and subsequently the Gothic room. In this paper, I will examine the Gothic room 's theme in relation to the placement of its objects. I will also evaluate the room 's strengths and challenges in serving the public, and how the practices employed in this room fit into the context of accessibility for the entire museum.

Many of the cathedrals of Europe took hundreds of years to build. Historians of architecture and culture have marveled at these wonders, noting that they are best understood as monuments to people who find value and meaning in doing. At first blush, it would seem that the world of the makers of Europe 's great cathedrals could not be further removed from the world of working class people in Raymond Carver 's fiction. But a more leisurely reflection upon the cathedral builders and the characters in the title story of Carver 's collection Cathedral opens the possibility that some of the late stories of Carver offer a promise of resurrection which he usually so brutally denies.

St. Patrick 's Cathedral in New York, built between 1853 and 1878 and is located in Midtown skyscraper district of New York, in the heart of the borough of Manhattan. It is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 50th Street , just steps from the Rockefeller Center and nine blocks away from Central Park. It is the main church of the Archdiocese of New York and was built in the nineteenth century in Gothic style on the plans of the architect James Renwick Jr.

The illustration depicts Mr. Dimmesdale directly after he proclaims his sin to the town. The entire town is in disbelief, and Mr. Dimmesdale is now directing his message at his daughter, Pearl. He is asking her for a kiss, or in other words, her approval. The sun is shown in the corner of the page, illuminating the scaffold on which Mr. Dimmesdale stands. The sun represents the enlightenment that the townspeople have been granted through Mr. Dimmesdale’s confession, while Mr. Dimmesdale’s position on the scaffold represents his repentment for his sin.

Bloodline Rising by Katy Moran takes place in Constantinople, in the seventh century. The main character of the novel is a boy named Cai, nicknamed “Ghost”, who is known throughout the city as the best, and most sly thief in all of Constantinople. Christianity was strongly encouraged by the government, and was also used as the only source of hope for the poor, which includes Cai’s family. One day Cai was caught stealing by government police, and then shipped off to Britain, to become a slave. While Cai was in Britain, he finds out many new things about himself and his family’s background. Three main concepts in this novel are, religion, social structure, and Medieval Constantinople’s economy. Katy Moran’s Bloodline

The Conciergerie was the royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, named after the island of the same name in the middle of the Seine River. It was home to King Louis IX, who had the Sainte-Chapelle built within its grounds. It was also the home of his grandson King Philippe IV, who extended and fortified the palace, creating the towered façade that faced the river. The medieval origin of the building is pretty obvious from the building style of the towers. There are three towers that have survived from the medieval Conciergerie: the Caesar, the Silver and the Bonbec towers. Philippe IV built the spectacular Salle des Gens d’Armes (pictured below), one of the most impressive examples of Gothic architecture that is still in existence. But over the course of the 14th century, French Kings abandoned the Palace of the Cité,

Craziness and metamorphosis in the gothic literarure is a reaction to romanticism. It refers to horror and terror; to all the things that are fantastic, magical or wild and can even become nightmarish! We can asked ourselves how craziness and metamorphosis are an integral part of the Gothic literature.

Along with the start of the Gothic period in the 1760s, came many stories and poems inspired by this theme. This includes “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robbert Louis Stevenson, and “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. These stories and poem come to mind as representations of gothic literature as they are all monumental breakthroughs during its time. This is shown in the darker tones and theme that is used in each story and poem. They all shared common elements such as gloomy settings, intense emotions, and somehow always involving sadness or death. Frankenstein portrays a dark shady story with lots of deep meanings and references to other real-life problems. As it follows

One of the Gothic novel iconic characteristics lies in the disturbing return of the past menacing the present, usually literally expressed as family secrets and ghosts, for example. Here, we can find a parallel with the hauntings of later detective fiction narratives, in which some crime from the past threatens the social order in the present. Fred Botting (1996) says that while the Gothic novel, in its fascination with murder and intrigue, and in its presentation of diabolical deeds, seems to celebrate criminal behaviour, the horror associated with such transgressions becomes a powerful means to reinforce the values of society and virtue. In the Gothic novel the threat to the social order comes from a pre-Enlightenment past associated with