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The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour: Episode 1: Liberty, Diversity, Depravity

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The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

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How the 18th-century Gothic revival influenced popular art, architecture and literature.

In 18th century England, out of the Age of Enlightenment came a Gothic obsession with monsters which influenced art, architecture and literature.

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.

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Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at 19th-century Britain's obsession with all things Gothic.

Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how a group of 19th-century architects and artists spurned the modern age and turned to Britain's medieval past to create iconic works and buildings.

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