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16 Th And 17 Art And Architecture
5,151 words
... mi sphere set on the larger circle is
intersected by vertical planes rising from the
sides of the square, forming four arches. A
horizontal plane is then passed through the
hemisphere at the tops of these arches, providing
a ring on which is built the dome, which has a
diameter equal to the circle inscribed within the
square. The pendentive's are spherical triangles,
the remaining portions of the first, or outer,
hemisphere. At Hagia Sophia, two opposing arches
on the central square open int...
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Elizabethan Era Gothic Architecture
1,746 words
The Elizabethan Age was an innovative and unique
period in history. In this period architecture was
more than a profession, it was an art, and an
influence on the people. Architects in this period
made historical differences, the styles of
architecture transitioned greatness, and the homes
created an individual standing. Elizabethan
architecture was an influential "trend" in which
the "competition" for social division began, and
architects attempted to replicate Italian
Renaissance architecture....
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Bram Stoker Jonathan Harker
886 words
The aspect of Dracula that makes it so
frightening, as opposed to contemporary horror, is
that of the strong persona of Count Dracula
himself. For all of the terror he inspires, The
Count has few appearances in the novel, instead
using his mystique to frighten the reader. While
nearly all current books and films in the horror
genre focus on the aspects of violence and shock
appeal, Dracula uses the element of suspense to
captivate the reader. By using the element of
fear, Bram Stoker keeps the r...
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Belle Dame Sans Merci Wuthering Heights
1,033 words
The conflicting theme demonstrated throughout
Wuthering Heights is remarkably similar to the
theme implicit in La Belle Dame sans Merci. This
conflict is in the form of appearances, Illusion
vs. Reality and man vs. nature and is personified
through the characters, as well as the similarity
of Gothic surroundings in both texts. In Wuthering
Heights this parallel is shown through Heathcliff,
who is vulnerable after falling head over heel for
Catherine. Similarly in La Belle Dame sans Merci
the Kni...
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John The Baptist Dorian Gray
1,190 words
Gothic Literature was a natural progression from
romanticism, which had existed in the 18 th
Century. Initially, such a unique style of
literature was met with a somewhat mixed response;
although it was greeted with enthusiasm from
members of the public, literary critics were much
more dubious and sceptical. Gothic writing is a
style of literature that relies upon the evocation
of moods, feelings and imagery for impact. This
style of writing was developed during an age of
great scientific discov...
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Chartres Cathedral Notre Dame
1,779 words
The medieval Gothic cathedral was in many ways a
civic building as well as a religious one. This
particularly was the case with the famous
cathedral Notre-Dame de Chartres (Our Lady of
Chartres) in the town of the same name, 80 km
south-east of Paris, built in the 13 th century.
Chartres cathedral was planned not only as a place
of worship, but also developed as the centre of
the town's economy and way of life, as the place
that housed the relic of the cloak of the Virgin
Mary. The local citizen...
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Thames And Hudson Chartres Cathedral
1,709 words
... furrier making a cloak with some assistants
(Fig. 8); lastly on the bottom 'petal' of the
miracles of Mary window, two butchers cut meat for
a customer (Fig. 9) Secular glass windows showing
the trade of the donors were also complimented by
the use of some secular sculptures on the outside
of the cathedral. Sculptures at the cathedral
included not only religious images, but also
images of kings and queens. The sculptures on the
west facade depict Christ's ascension into heaven,
episode from ...
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Eighteenth Century Twentieth Century
803 words
Id like to consider Gothic fictions virtuous
women: the heroines of sensibility. Born from the
eighteenth-century discourse of sensibility[ 2 ]
(the study of the correlation between emotional
stimuli and physical responsiveness), these
fictional heroines are fair-haired and virtuous,
whose goodness illuminates the forces of darkness;
they are hostages to villains, often in the guise
of malevolent father figures; they rely on
protection from paternal figures, namely brothers
and suitors; and thei...
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Frankenstein The Age Of Reason And Decay
889 words
Rousseau's ideology of education and nature laid
the basic ground work for many of the Gothic
novels that saturated the English society from the
1764 to 1830. From The Romance of the Forest by
Ann Radcliffe to the book which was able to forge
a bridge of thought that was able to span the
chasm formed by the age of reason between the
supernatural and reason, Frankenstein by Mary
Shelley. As a predecessor of the romantic
movement, the Gothic novel was a direct reaction
against the age of reason. T...
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Thrushcross Grange Wuthering Heights
1,875 words
... ould share a kingdom on the moors as timeless,
and as phantasmal, as any imagined by Poe. In
place of Poe's androgynous male lovers we have the
immature Heathcliff (only twenty years old when
Catherine dies); in place of the vampire Ligeia,
or the amenorrheic Lady Madeleine, is the
tomboyish Catherine, whose life has become a
terrifying "blank" since the onset of puberty. No
more poignant words have been written on the
baffled anguish of the child-self, propelled into
an unwanted maturity, a...
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Edgar Allan Poe House Of Usher
570 words
Running head: MOVIE GOTH Movie Goth May 28, 2009
Movie Goth Terrifying stories about madness,
torture, death, decay and unexplainable fears are
the core elements of Edgar Allan Poe's gothic
stories. Poe is considered the original
grandmaster of gore, however, Hollywood
interpretation of gothic elements in Poe's movies
is quite different from original Poe's intentions.
For example, when comparing original Poe's stories
and Hollywood interpretations such as The Raven
(1963) and House of Usher (196...
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Walpole Ch 1 Castle Of Otranto Gothic
840 words
The Castle of Otranto Horace Walpole tried to
blend the wildness and imagination of the old
romances with the new genre fiction, and invented
the Gothic novel the Castle of Otranto. Gothic, by
definition, is a genre of literature characterized
by a brooding, gloomy setting, and mysterious or
violent events. In 1809 Gothic novels were very
popular. This quote from The Castle of Otranto is
a good example of it: Theodore at length
determined to repair to the forest that Matilda
had pointed out to h...
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Light And Dark Tim Burton
2,443 words
It makes you realize how abstract the film
industry, and life in general, really is how much
of it is just based on things that are out of your
control Tim Burton is just a man like any other
man, except any other man is not Tim Burton. Tim
Burton is a filmmaker. As a filmmaker, Burton has
creative power over what he produces, directs, or
even writes. His auteur, ? a term in film
criticism that is applied to a director who so
dominates the film-making process that it is
appropriate to call the d...
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Boston Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company
952 words
Throughout the centuries, Cathedrals ~Cathedrals~
Throughout the centuries, beautiful Medieval
cathedrals have been towering above every building
and till this day, still survive with their
astonishing appearance. Their structure resemble
the power and glory of heavens. Today, they are
known as prayers in stone because they are
respected as holy places. Taking literally
hundreds of years to build these great Gothic
buildings, the skillful carpenters and masons
responsible for the construction ar...
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13 Th Century Fa Ade
919 words
The Tomb Effigy of Jaquelin deferrer (Limestone,
North French, late 13 th century) is unusual in
style for the time and place in which it was
created. In the 13 th century, Gothic art in
France consisted of more three dimensional
sculpture and more of a variety in the poses of
the figures than in the Romanesque period which
preceded it. The Tomb Effigy of Jaquelin deferrer
falls into the transition period between the
Romanesque (11 th- 12 th century) and Gothic
time-frames (12 th- 15 th century)...
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Beginning Of The Story Gothic Novels
1,389 words
Unbelievably Mary Shelley Frankenstein
Frankenstein Unbelievably Mary Shelley wrote the
novel Frankenstein at the age of eighteen. This
great work captures the imaginations of its
readers. Frankenstein remains one of the greatest
examples of Gothic literature. Unlike other Gothic
novels of the time, however, Frankenstein also
includes elements of Romantic writing, and
therefore cannot be classified as soley Gothic.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English
novelist. The daughter of the British ...
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Gothic Cathedrals Middle Ages
357 words
Represented primarily through cathedrals,
Romanesque and Gothic styles of architecture were
some of the few symbols of civilization in the
poverty stricken and often depressing Middle Ages.
These cathedrals represented faith, dedication,
and cooperation; a sane place in a world of
anarchy. Gothic and Romanesque styles of
architecture were related in various ways, yet
they also contrasted in style in some ways.
Romanesque and Gothic architecture, although
having many similarities, also have many ...
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13 Th Century Gothic Sculpture Cathedral
406 words
Gothic Sculpture In the Gothic period, remarkable
sculpture was produced in France, Germany, and
Italy. As in Romanesque times, much of it was made
in conjunction with church architecture, although
sculptured figures are also found on tombs,
pulpits, and other church furnishings. France The
great cathedral at Chartres exemplifies the
stylistic evolution of the Gothic, which can be
traced in viewing its portals. Its west entrance,
the earliest, built in the mid- 12 th century,
displays rigid, col...
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Toni Morrison Paul D
960 words
The idea of a ghost story or horror story has long
since been introduced into the world of American
literature starting in the late 18 th century.
These works played with the idea of life after
death and its effects on the present. The term
gothic or gothic horror has been used to describe
this form of literature. The literary meaning of
the gothic style of is hard to define, but to give
it a simple meaning the gothic is when the
supernatural encounters the natural. In the novel
Beloved by Toni ...
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House Of Usher Fall Of The House
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Gothic Setting The Fall of the House of Usher by
Edgar Allan Poe has a gothic horror story setting.
Gothic means that the author emphasizes the
mysterious, the horrible, the ghostly and the fear
that can be aroused in the reader. Everyone knows
that a gothic story or a ghost story will often
have a setting that will be in an old, decaying
mansion far out in a desolate countryside. The
mansion will be filled with cobwebs, strange
noises, bats, and an abundance of secret panels
and corridors, in w...
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