Essays about: "Gothic Architecture"

Found 3 essays containing the words Gothic Architecture.

  1. 1. "I Am Home" : Architecture as the antagonist in The Haunting of Hill House and The Castle of Otranto in relation to madness

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Stéphanie Persson; [2023]
    Keywords : Shirley Jackson; The Haunting of Hill House; Horace Walpole; The Castle of Otranto; Madness; Mental Illness; Antagonist; Anthropomorphism; Gothic Literature; Gothic Architecture; Gothic Locales;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to evaluate to what extent Hill House and Otranto castle are main antagonists in The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and The Castle of Otranto (1764) respectively in relation to how madness is described and the effect that the buildings have on the deterioration of the characters’ mental states. To do this I explain in what way the main characters Eleanor and Manfred are portrayed as being mentally unstable, and then how the portrayal of the locales in each novel further affects the symptoms that they experience, particularly through the lens of anthropomorphism. READ MORE

  3. 2. Wild Architecture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Alexander Croll; [2018]
    Keywords : Architecture; Wild; Music School; Architectural Theory; Adaptation; Landscape; Music Performance; Civic; Gothic; Medieval; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Architecture is undoubtedly an international profession, with practices undertaking projects far away from their home territories. In such a world, it is important that architects are able to design in a way that is responsive to the project’s setting and situation, refraining from unrooted architecture transposed from place to place. READ MORE

  4. 3. Capturing the Gothic Line : Parametric Exploration of the Gothic Ornament

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Filip Grzesiak; [2018]
    Keywords : Gothic; Parametric; Ornament; Modernism; Essay; Line; Architecture;

    Abstract : The project explores the ‘Gothic Line’ as observed in ornament. Escaping strictly geometrical means of defining, the study focuses on capturing the Line’s elusive properties in connection to chosen architectural elements. With selected properties, the two-dimensional principles are extracted into the 3D environment. READ MORE