to know : Gothic , dark subcultural movement Gothic is an artistic movement that emerged in the last centuries of the Middle Ages and had great effect until the explosion of the Renaissance. The term was first used in the sixteenth century, when the art historian Giorgio Vasari thus defined the dark art. in Actually it was a pejorative rating , trying to relate the art to the Goths ( the barbarians ) . Much closer in time, between 1975 and 1985 , a subcultural movement that is also described as gothic or ( - dark - English ) dark was formed. This culture presents an aesthetic and a philosophy influenced by horror literature , movies of the same genre and post -punk music. The gothic, in its origin, was introduced as a reaction to the Enlightenment and opposed the idea of fear against the true knowledge and virtue. In much of the traditional Gothic literature , the stories are set in medieval castles and monasteries. This style contains within itself the hidden and mysterious. Regarding its content and essence of his subjects ( in poetry ) as being the most notable old style was flourishing during the Victorian era , you can basically say that significantly highlight : the grotesque, the macabre, eroticism, dark symbolism , endless games of the subconscious, detonations of memories, images, and twisted thoughts and passion at night. However, the present Gothic evade these topics and usually has more to do with the present world issues. The main characters of gothic poetry , vampires , werewolves , demons, and the dead come back to life , amid supernatural scenes and references to dementia appear . Some of the pioneers of Gothic literature were Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis. They also cultivated this genre several of the most popular writers of universal history , as Mary Shelley ( author of Frankenstein ), Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker (creator of Dracula) and HP Lovecraft. It should be noted , too, that poets who enrolled in other literary currents have written some poems and texts that are considered part of the Gothic world. The Spanish Gustavo Adolfo Becquer is one of them, written as The mountain of the spirits . GOTICO . ( Material prepared by our company Daniello Faulds zone ) . Here is a summary but enjoyable definition: Gothic is an artistic movement that emerged in the last centuries of the Middle Ages and had great effect until the explosion of the Renaissance. The term was first used in the sixteenth century, when the art historian Giorgio Vasari thus defined the dark art. Actually it was a pejorative rating , trying to relate the art to the Goths ( the barbarians ) . Much closer in time, between 1975 and 1985 , a subcultural movement that is also described as gothic or ( - dark - English ) dark was formed. This culture presents an aesthetic and a philosophy influenced by horror literature , movies of the same genre and post -punk music. The gothic, in its origin, was introduced as a reaction to the Enlightenment and opposed the idea of fear against the true knowledge and virtue. In much of the traditional Gothic literature , the stories are set in medieval castles and monasteries. This style contains within itself the hidden and mysterious. Regarding its content and essence of his subjects ( in poetry ) as being the most notable old style was flourishing during the Victorian era , you can basically say that significantly highlight : the grotesque, the macabre, eroticism, dark symbolism , endless games of the subconscious, detonations of memories, images, and twisted thoughts and passion at night. However, the present Gothic evade these topics and usually has more to do with the present world issues. The main characters of gothic poetry , vampires , werewolves , demons, and the dead come back to life , amid supernatural scenes and references to dementia appear . Some of the pioneers of Gothic literature were Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis. They also cultivated this genre several of the most popular writers of universal history , as Mary Shelley ( author of Frankenstein ), Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker (creator of Dracula) and HP Lovecraft. It should be noted , too, that poets who enrolled in other literary currents have written some poems and texts that are considered part of the Gothic world. The Spanish Gustavo Adolfo Becquer is one of them, written as The mountain of the spirits .
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