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20 de may. de 2024 · The term Gothic novel refers to European Romantic pseudomedieval fiction having a prevailing atmosphere of mystery and terror. Its heyday was the 1790s, but it underwent frequent revivals in subsequent centuries. The first Gothic novel in English was Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1765).
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15 de may. de 2024 · Horace Walpole (1717–97) was the supreme dilettante and witty social commentator of the century. An ‘arbiter of taste’ and connoisseur of the arts, he played a large part in changing fashion and taste, and was proud of influencing others to follow his lead.
Hace 5 días · Strawberry Hill, an English villa in the "Gothic Revival" style, built by Gothic writer Horace Walpole The Gothic Temple folly in the gardens at Stowe, Buckinghamshire, UK, built as a ruin in 1741, designed by James Gibbs. Gothic literature is strongly associated with the Gothic Revival architecture of the same era.
Hace 1 día · Born in 1717, Horace Walpole was a man of many talents, serving as a writer, politician, and art collector throughout his life. His passion for the gothic aesthetic was ignited during his Grand Tour of Europe in the 1730s, where he encountered the magnificent gothic cathedrals and castles that would later inspire his architectural endeavors.
8 de may. de 2024 · The cabinet of miniatures and enamels [art original]. Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, designer. Drawing of the cabinet of rosewood, designed by Horace Walpole himself, that was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill.
8 de may. de 2024 · Gothic Fiction from the 18th Century to the Romantics. Gothic Fiction: 1764-1832. "Gothic fiction began as a sophisticated joke. Horace Walpole first applied the word ‘Gothic’ to a novel in the subtitle – ‘A Gothic Story’ – of The Castle of Otranto, published in 1764.
20 de may. de 2024 · In 1747, Horace Walpole discovered and purchased ‘Chopp’d Straw Hall’, one of the last remaining sites available on the banks of the Thames in fashionable Twickenham. He set about transforming what was then a couple of cottages into his vision of a ‘little Gothic castle’ with pinnacles, battlements and a round tower.
