El arte del gótico

BBC Select takes a walk on the dark side in this insightful arts documentary. As art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon reveals, in England during the middle of the 18th century an entirely surprising thing happened. Out of the Age of Enlightenment and Reason a monster was born - a Gothic fascination with ghouls, ghosts and things that go bump in the night. But where did this obsession come from?

Andrew Graham-Dixon examina cómo el arte y la literatura gótica tomaron una visión tanto hacia atrás como hacia el futuro.

Andrew Graham-Dixon examina cómo la fantasía gótica de horror podría ser superada por el horror real cuando la verdad de la guerra mecanizada amanece en un mundo inocente en 1914.