Gothic Art Saves Lives

Gothic Art Saves Lives

Author: Toni Jo Coppa

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-04-08

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 1300917822

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A dissertation for the MFA program at MECA, 2013. Examines the author's evolving understanding and use of Gothic themes in her work.


Gothic Art

Gothic Art

Author: Victoria Charles

Publisher: Parkstone International

Published: 2014-05-10

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1783103248

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Gothic art finds its roots in the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that evolved throughout Europe over more than 200 years. Leaving curved Roman forms behind, the architects started using flying buttresses and pointed arches to open up cathedrals to daylight. A period of great economic and social change, the Gothic era also saw the development of a new iconography celebrating the Holy Mary – in drastic contrast to the fearful themes of dark Roman times. Full of rich changes in all of the various art forms (architecture, sculpture, painting, etc.), Gothic art paved the way for the Italian Renaissance and International Gothic movement.


Gothic Art Now

Gothic Art Now

Author: Jasmine Becket-Griffith

Publisher: Ilex Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Gathering artists from across the globe, this work showcases the Gothic world in its many and varied forms - from the conventional media of paint and pencil, to digital nightmares, abstract sculptures and provocative toys.


On Art and Life

On Art and Life

Author: John Ruskin

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-09-06

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1101651148

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Includes two of John Ruskin's famous essays: "The Nature of the Gothic" and "The Work of Iron" from his book The Stones of Venice. Ruskin's insights into the need for individual artistic freedom, and his disdain for the mass-production art of the Victorian era, radically altered society's perception of creative design and remain powerfully relevant to our ideas of beauty today.


American Gothic

American Gothic

Author: Steven Biel

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780393059120

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Describes Grant Wood's portrait of Iowa farmers, and documents how the piece has represented midwestern Puritanism, hard-working endurance, and the often-parodied American heartland.


Gothic

Gothic

Author: Roger Luckhurst

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-11-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0691229163

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"Crumbling ruins, undead fiends, dark alleys and forests teeming with horrors seen and unseen: the tendrils of the Gothic have crept out of the architecture of churches, mosques and grand houses and into suburban malls, overcrowded cities, the deserted corners of the world and beyond, taking the shape of monsters from Beowulf to Gojira, Cthulhu or the wendigo to our own terrifying, warped reflections. Across time, form and media, this book traces the weaving path of the Gothic from the shadows of history to the very heart of popular culture today"--


Gothic Architecture

Gothic Architecture

Author: Paul Frankl

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780300087994

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This magisterial study of Gothic architecture traces the meaning and development of the Gothic style through medieval churches across Europe. Ranging geographically from Poland to Portugal and from Sicily to Scotland and chronologically from 1093 to 1530, the book analyzes changes from Romanesque to Gothic as well as the evolution within the Gothic style and places these changes in the context of the creative spirit of the Middle Ages. In its breadth of outlook, its command of detail, and its theoretical enterprise, Frankl's book has few equals in the ambitious Pelican History of Art series. It is single-minded in its pursuit of the general principles that informed all aspects of Gothic architecture and its culture. In this edition Paul Crossley has revised the original text to take into account the proliferation of recent literature--books, reviews, exhibition catalogues, and periodicals--that have emerged in a variety of languages. New illustrations have also been included.


Gothic Sculpture, 1140-1300

Gothic Sculpture, 1140-1300

Author: Paul Williamson

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780300074529

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This study examines the development of Gothic sculpture throughout Europe. It discusses the most famous monuments, such as the cathedrals of Chartres, Amiens and Reims, Westminster Abbey and the Siena Duomo, and less familiar buildings in France, England, Italy, Germany, Spain and Scandinavia.