Gothic Architecture

George Grie

George Grie

 

This artist has a surreal style, he is one of the first digital surreal artists. Some of his work is quite controversial. In some of his work like the images above, he uses buildings which are all quite gothic like a cathedral or church. However he puts a twist on it, he doesnt just paint the building, in one of the paintings above, he uses peoples faces or masks to make up the mountian and also uses objects like violins, i think this represents how people have built and shaped it, there is also ladders and lampposts which could show how an old historic building has changed over time. The building also seems to be a ruin, maybe representing that people have changed it too much, because of all the instruments it has something to do with music.

The second image is a very gothic building exactly like a cathedral however it is formed as part of the mountain maybe taking inspiration from Petra. the waterfall is going up rather than down as if the building is on its side giving a different aspect of the picture.

Artists

I have started to reseach two artists, the first one is George Grie who is a gothic illistrator, some of his paintings and prints include complicated buildings like cathedrals and I think he has been influenced by the gothic era.

Another artist I have looked at is a futuristic architect called Antonio Sant'Elia, who designed buildings based on the futuristic movement.