The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
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The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

7.0 / 10
2014
1 season
3 episodes
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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  • Ep 1

    1.Liberty Diversity Depravity

    20-10-201460m

    In the middle of the 18th century - in England - an entirely surprising thing happened. Out of the Age of Enlightenment and Reason a monster was born - a Gothic obsession with mons...

  • Ep 2

    2.The City and the Soul

    27-10-201460m

    As the Industrial Revolution promised more and more inexplicable wonders of the modern world, Gothic art and literature became both backward and forward looking. In her novel Frank...

  • Ep 3

    3.Blood for Sale: Gothic Goes Global

    03-11-201460m

    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...

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