Gothic illustrations

Firstly, I want to describe ‘Gothic Art’ to understand Gothic style illustrations. It developed in France in the middle of 12th century and it was also a medieval art movement. After a while it spread to all of Western Europe. However, while it was spreading, it also changed and it became ‘International Gothic’. The earliest Gothic art was monumental sculpture on the walls of Cathedrals. Then, artists applied this style to their illustrations too. What type of illustrations did occur with Gothic style?  These illustrations were like horror art, because Gothic art style was considered as one of the form of horror art. Thus, these pieces visualized the other face of life. It showed us the hidden parts of humanity and society too. I found some good pieces from different artists, many of them include skeleton and symbols from death. Let’s look at them: