M ost great horror movies derive quality from the strength of their moody atmospheres. Without an impactful setting, horror ...

It’s still fairly dark, an architecture of walls and planes and volumes.” Romanesque architecture eventually evolved into Gothic, swapping thick walls for thin ones and small windows for large ...

What is revealed with the restoration of Gothic architecture is a newfound appreciation for the many colours that these buildings were painted with. Many parts of Gothic cathedrals — especially ...

This autumn, BBC Two, BBC Four and the British Library are celebrating all things Gothic with a new season of programmes exploring the literature, architecture, music and artworks that have taken ...

The Romanesque buildings were coarse and dark, the Gothic ones gained lightness ... rather a transitional period between Romanism and mature Gothic. Certainly, the new trend in architecture dominated ...

It was used to describe medieval culture, particularly art and architecture ... new music style with a dark mood, deep bass lines and melancholic melodies. The word gothic began to be used ...