The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

Name: The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-10-20
Rating: 7
Cast: Andrew Graham-Dixon

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Documentary

Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how a group of 19th-century architects and artists spurned the modern age and turned to Britain's medieval past to create iconic works and buildings.

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StatusEnded

First AiredOctober 20, 2014

Last AiredNovember 3, 2014

Episode Runtime1sa

Seasons1

Episodes3

TypeDocumentary

Original LanguageEnglish

Keywords

art art history

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Last Episode

S1 E3 • 11/3/2014

Blood for Sale: Gothic Goes Global

Gothic fantasy horror would be outstripped by real horror as the truth of mechanised warfare dawned on an innocent world in 1914. The language of Gothic would increasingly come to encapsulate the horrors of the 20th century - from Marx's analysis of 'vampiric' capitalism to Conrad's dark vision of imperialism and TS Eliot's image of The Wasteland, a Gothic narrative seemed to make more sense of the modern world more than any other.