Themes of morbidity, trauma, spirituality, and the uncanny that reappear in Gothic art have proven to have an enduring appeal, not least, it seems, for those faced with the uncertainties inherent ...

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the ...

His work, based on the centuries-old tradition of wood carving and German Gothic art, was banned as “degenerate” and typical of “the passive Slav soul.” Since World War II, the very ...

If you are familiar with the famous painting "American Gothic," then you are familiar with Carpenter Gothic architecture. The wood-frame cottage depicted behind the stoic Iowan farm couple ...

While in art and literature, the Gothic allowed Horace Walpole, Bram Stoker and Dickens to capture the terror, weirdness and social ills that plagued Victorian Britain. Dan Cruickshank and the ...

Gothic architecture, or the 'modern style' as it was known 850 years ago, is immensely popular among architectural historians. Broadcaster and art historian Dan Cruickshank appraises its on-screen ...

More than 120 traders sold everything from gothic art and literature, crystal healers and fantasy crafts at Gloucester Prison on Saturday. The prison also sold coffee and burgers - and visitors ...