Posted in Gothic Cloister on Feb 8th, 2013
Gothic II by Piranha Bytes, JoWood Productions and Atari (2003) The ‘word of the day’ of the last set was: ‘plead’. Suggested by LittleKidLTU: www.youtube.com Guessed by mnovotny4. Their channel is not available, so I cannot link it. We teleport to the monastery, where Pyrokar is really happy to hear about our latest successes and [...]
Posted in Gothic Cloister on Dec 28th, 2012
Westminster Abbey: meet the architect-in-residence Scott, the great Victorian gothic revivalist, restored the chapter house and designed a triple portico for the north front; but he also decided to smother the abbey and its monuments with a gloopy coat of shellac, to protect it from the corrosive … Read more on The Guardian
Posted in Gothic Cloister on Dec 12th, 2012
The fright before Christmas That filmmaker was Lawrence Gordon Clark and his films – six slices of gothic plus a modern finale between 1971 and 1977 – are rightly considered classics of the form. Next week they are being presented as part of … The other world he was entering … Read more on Yorkshire [...]
Posted in Gothic Cloister on Dec 3rd, 2012
The Rich You Will Always Have With You Scott Merrill's neo-American-Carpenter-Gothic Seaside Chapel (“non-denominational”) and bell tower—a finely crafted Protestant-cum-Modernist sacred building, abstract but true to type—terminates Seaside's main north-south axis and fronts a public … Read more on First Things (blog) Art replicas from the Met go on display in Taipei … restoration work [...]
Posted in Gothic Cloister on Nov 15th, 2012
Pearl of the Adriatic It's an almost overwhelming collection of Baroque, Renaissance and Gothic architectural masterpieces – palaces, churches, monasteries and fountains. You just have to get past the crowds. Yet, as often is the case, it's only a matter of moving one … Read more on Timaru Herald Best Christmas Markets in England The [...]