Gothic Architecture

Gothic Architecture initially began in France in the 12th century and finished at the start of the renaissance in the 1400. The idea that I am mainly interesting in is the Gothic Revival which is also known as Victorian Gothic which came around in the 19th century. The key features that were used in Traditional Gothic Architecture were pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress, these characteristics make Gothic Buildings artistically and skillfully beautiful. 

Pointed Arch
https://ka-perseus-images.s3.amazonaws.com/
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Ribbed Vault
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Flying Buttress
https://brianlmuseum.wikispaces.com/file/view/Flying_buttresses
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When looking at Gothic Revival many of these features still exist, in fact it wouldn't be known as Gothic Architecture unless it had these recognisable and intricate designs. To differentiate between the two is very difficult and almost impossible unless you are educated in this field and know what you're on about - after trying to find an obvious difference between the different Gothic styles I found the Revival buildings to be more 'academically' created, so possible more precise. the images below show a building made in the original Gothic Architecture Era and the Gothic Revival.

Gothic Revival British Architecture
https://apps.carleton.edu/reason_package/
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Traditional Gothic French Architecture
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/
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The other aspect of Gothic Architecture that I really wanted to look into was the colours used, my initial idea was to go with a more fashion forward, Avant Garde approach in trying to recreate Miss Havisham, and to do that I would like to include the use of architectural shapes and colours used in the era. Not only will I look into buildings but also the clothing choice and colours. I've looked into the beauty side of it and found out they didn't particularly wear make up so using that and inspiration may not work very well.
All Gothic interiors were decorated with very rich colours: Ruby, purple, black, ochre, forest green etc. Stained glass was also a very common feature. I really like the idea of including a really rich ruby red almost a brighter burnt sienna colour into my look. This will also help to the idea of something looking sore and worn out. The main focus behind my idea is to create something artistically beautiful but also sort of grotesque but using a variety of techniques to make the idea of something that technically should be disgusting and ugly look relatively beautiful.

Whilst out shopping in Cambridge I saw some buildings that could possibly be influenced or be Gothic Architecture as they included the Arches and the intricate yet strange designs all on them:

http://styles-and-periods.interiordezine.com/period-decoration/gothic
http://www.architecture.com/Explore/ArchitecturalStyles/Gothic.aspx/