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The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

Arts Documentary hosted by Andrew Graham-Dixon, published by BBC in 2014 - English narration


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Andrew Graham-Dixon looks back at 19th-century Britain and its obsession with all things Gothic.


1) Liberty Diversity Depravity
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 monsters, ghouls, ghosts and things that go bump in the night. From restrained aristocratic beginnings to pornographic excesses, the Gothic Revival came to influence popular art, architecture and literature.

2) The City and the Soul
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 Frankenstein, Mary Shelley warned of the dangers of how science could get out of control, while Sir Giles Gilbert Scott used Gothic architecture to memorialise Prince Albert as a medieval hero. Meanwhile, poets indulged in hallucinatory drugs to reach new Gothic heights. Where would it all end?

3) 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.

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* Video Codec: x264 CABAC [email protected]
* Video Bitrate: CRF 23 (~4200Kbps)
* Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
* Video Resolution: 1920x1080
* Frames Rate: 25 FPS
* Audio Codec: AAC-LC
* Audio Bitrate: Q=0.45 VBR 44.1KHz (~128Kbps)
* Audio Channels: 2
* Run-Time: 59 mins
* Number of Parts: 3
* Part Size: 1.83 GB
* Container: MP4
* Source: HDTV
* Encoded by: JungleBoy

1) Further Information

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04mj17l

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http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=The_Art_of_Gothic:_Britain's_Midnight_Hour