Gothic Imagery

St. Paul Cathedral in Calcutta
Barua, N. (2011). Available: http://adayinlife.timesofindia.com/photoDisplay.php?photoId=109255. Last accessed: 19th Feb 2014.

I think that the building in this image looks quite gothic, because it is very pointy, tall and it is a cathedral/church building.  I think that church buildings have quite an eery and gothic feel to them, and they often feature as a part of a scary film or music video.  The above building is very tall and grand, and it is what I would have imagined Satis House to look like, only not as well maintained and the walls not so bright.

Victorian Painting of London Bridge
Atkinson Grimshaw, J. (1836-93). Available: http://www.period-art.com/Victorian-Paintings(1401033).htm. Last accessed 19th Feb 2014.

This painting by John Atkinson Grimshaw looks quite gothic and eery, as the colour palette that has been used is very dull and gloomy.  The painting looks like it was trying to capture London Bridge in the evening, and the thin clouds  shown in the sky surround the moon, which looks full in this painting, making it all the more eery.  This image also reminds me of the scene in the 2012 film version of Great Expectations when Pip and Herbert Pocket try to help Magwitch escape.

Unkown. (2011). Available: http://gothicdivinemagazine.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/gothic-photography.html. Last accessed 19th Feb 2014.

This is a classic form of gothic imagery, with the lonely girl walking through an abandoned wood.  The photographer has also produced the image so that the trees and figure are blocked out to make silhouette shapes, rather than showing detail within their forms.  The fact that the photo is in black and white makes it more gothic as well.