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Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name refers to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels.
Stylistically, it was influenced by Anglo-Saxon and German art, but retained the formal elements of earlier periods for a longer time. For instance, book illustration in the 13th century was mainly restricted to archaic, historicizing initials in the Romanesque style. Gothic forms were not established until around 1300, under English influence.
Gothic art was a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in the 12th century, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture. It spread to all of Western Europe , and much of Northern , Southern and Central Europe , never quite effacing more classical styles in Italy.
Gothic art — art of the Gothic style during the Medieval period (mid-12th century until the late 15th century) in regions of Europe. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Gothic fiction (sometimes referred to as Gothic horror or Gothic romanticism) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror fiction and romanticism Contents: Top
Here, 20 the best gothic books to read this fall: The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story The Castle of Otranto is considered the first supernatural English novel and also the first gothic novel.
Detail of the main altar of the Miraflores Charterhouse, Spain. Gil de Siloé.Polychrome wood, 1496–1499. Gothic sculpture was a sculpture style that flourished in Europe during the Middle Ages, from about mid-12th century to the 16th century, [Note 1] evolving from Romanesque sculpture and dissolving into Renaissance sculpture and Mannerism.
American gothic fiction is a subgenre of gothic fiction. Elements specific to American Gothic include: rationality versus the irrational, puritanism, guilt, the uncanny (das unheimliche), ab-humans, ghosts, and monsters.