In a three-part series, Andrew Graham-Dixon looks back at 19th century Britain and its obsession with all things Gothic. The series explores how an inspired group of architects and artists spurned the modern age, turning to Britain’s medieval past to create some of Britain’s most iconic works and buildings. 　　Inspired by the tumultuous Industrial Revolution, John Ruskin was among those who created architectural wonders, using the cutting edge of technology to create a brand-new British style of architecture. While in art and literature, the Gothic allowed Horace Walpole, Bram Stoker and Dickens to capture the terror, weirdness and social ills that plagued Victorian Britain.

什么是哥特？这个词意味着不祥、超自然和恐怖。它也是中世纪的一种建筑风格，旨在歌颂上帝的神圣建筑。一个词为何会有如此不同的含义？哥特式一词的创造者，是意大利文艺复兴时期的一群艺术家，意在嘲讽。他们用它来描述古希腊和古罗马文明以外的一切。它代表蒙昧、残忍和野蛮。他们用这个词否定了延续了几百年的中世纪艺术和建筑，贬低它们为原始且毫无价值。中世纪出现了史上最壮观的大小教堂，它们包含天堂的幻影和来自地狱的警告。

Death and the devil. Nudity, eroticism and horror. With its daring subjects and blazing colors, the art of the Gothic period captivated viewers some 500 years ago, and still affects us deeply, today. Focuses on some of the most spectacular panels and paintings of the Gothic period. The mid-15th century saw the creation of works like "Purgatory," "Hell," and "Paradise." Gothic specialists introduce us to these works, while explaining just how innovative Gothic painting really was. They walk us through the beauty of the colors, show us just how daring the erotic scenes can be, and highlight the raw power of the devils and monsters. Art historian and director Grit Lederer explains how special macro-optic technology sheds new light on the artworks' tiniest details, while the storied Cologne Cathedral opens at midnight to let art historians examine the "Liebeszauber" painting, still shrouded in mystery to this day.

Death and the devil. Nudity, eroticism and horror. With its daring subjects and blazing colors, the art of the Gothic period captivated viewers some 500 years ago, and still affects us deeply, today. Focuses on some of the most spectacular panels and paintings of the Gothic period. The mid-15th century saw the creation of works like "Purgatory," "Hell," and "Paradise." Gothic specialists introduce us to these works, while explaining just how innovative Gothic painting really was. They walk us through the beauty of the colors, show us just how daring the erotic scenes can be, and highlight the raw power of the devils and monsters. Art historian and director Grit Lederer explains how special macro-optic technology sheds new light on the artworks' tiniest details, while the storied Cologne Cathedral opens at midnight to let art historians examine the "Liebeszauber" painting, still shrouded in mystery to this day.

马修·古迪加盟历史动作片[中世纪]。本片由捷克导演彼得·雅克尔([食尸鬼])自编自导，卡司还有本·福斯特、蒂尔·施威格、迈克尔·凯恩。故事聚焦14世纪…

Plot unknown. Described as 'The Magnificent Seven' set in the Middle Ages.

Plot unknown. Described as 'The Magnificent Seven' set in the Middle Ages.

The Art of Vision is an experimental film directed by Stan Brakhage. This colour silent films reuses footage from Brakhage's Dog Star Man but edited it into a much longer film. 　　A presentation for retrospective screening of the film explains this difference of treatment of the same material: "The rarely screened magnum opus by Stan Brakhage, an expanded version of his "cosmological epic" Dog Star Man. That film was made with multilayered superimpositions; in The Art of Vision, each layer is shown separately."

布莱凯吉在他的《狗星人》中延展了抒情形式，这个五个部分的作品集，试图融合自然、人类日常生活、死亡的必要性与宇宙的律动等主题。布莱凯吉并且将这部影片的所有片段区分开来，剥去层层的重叠影像，进而完成另外一部长达四个半钟头，他称之为《视觉的艺术》（The Art of Vision，1965）的作品。