GOTHIC INFLUENCE ON

MODERN CULTURE

 The eye of Ra

Egyptian Ankh symbol of Life

Wiccan pentacle

Satanic inverted pentacle

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE Started in 12th-century France In the 16th century was known as the "French Style"

Main features include: Pointed arch Ribbed vault Flying buttress

Pointed Arches Appeared in 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian

Brick Architecture.

The ancient Romans learned the arch from the Etruscans

Kylemore Gothic Church

Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, Leon.

Duomo di Milano in Italy

Ribbed Vault

Ribbed Vaulting system was adopted as structural elements.

The interior of Gothic cathedral gives a feeling of spaciousness and great height.

Vaulted Staircase of Christ Church, Oxford

Gothic rib-vault ceiling of the Saint-Séverin church in Paris

San Sebastian Church in the Philippines

Flying Buttress

Flying Buttress was another principle element that developed in the Gothic Period.

Flying Buttresses were used as structural elements. Flying buttresses are usually constructed on religious

building.

Notre Dame, Paris

Notre Dame, Paris

York Minster, England

GOTHIC ART

Gothic is a style of Medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in 12th century AD

Categories In Gothic Art

Paintings

Frescoes Stained glass Manuscripts and printmaking Altarpiece and panel painting

Sculptures

Monumental sculpture Portable sculpture

Painting : Frescoes

 Crucifixion of Christ from a fresco in the Studenica Monastery, Serbia, 1209

Painting : Stained Glasses

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris begun completed c. 1250)

Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Reims, Reims, France

Painting : Manuscripts and printmaking

 Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, by Jean Pucelle, Paris, 1320s

Sculptures : Monumental sculpture

 French ivory Virgin and Child, end of 13th century

"Ukrainian Manifesto"

The Magi at Strasbourg

Painting : Portable sculpture

 Gargoyles at Notre Dame, Paris, by Viollet-le-Duc and Eugene Emmanuel (1814-79)

GOTHIC FILMS

Gothic films are described as films that draw from the Gothic tradition in literature. This means that they have dark and sometimes supernatural elements like:

Dark and doom and gloomy atmosphere

Graveyard, creeks, dark stairways, attics, abandoned buildings, monasteries

Monsters and Witches Heroes and heroin in trouble

ACTORS/ACTRESSESAngelina Jolie

David Bowie

Johnny Depp

Natalie Portman

FASHION

Early Gothic Period

Late Gothic Period

Padded doublets & Crisp pleats

Belts/corsets

Leg of mutton sleeves

Victorian mourning style

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