Title: Gothic Culture: History and Main Characteristics | Life Persona
Headings: Gothic Culture: History and Main Characteristics
Gothic Culture: History and Main Characteristics
Gothic subculture
Historical background
History of Gothic subculture
Characteristics of the gothic scene
Icons and examples of this movement
fashion
Gothic cinematography
References

Content: This style of art and literature emphasized the expression of emotions, feelings and imagination. He Romanticism also took an affinity for unhappiness and the use of ancient verses of poetry to express this melancholy. The Gothic cub culture also took an affinity for medieval, Edwardian, Victorian and Gothic architecture, literature, music and art. History of Gothic subculture
The first inspirational song for the Gothic movement could be 'Bela Lugosi's Dead', released in August of 1979 by the English band Bauhaus. This song has cryptic sounds and ominous piano notes; a song that would be appropriate music for a horror movie or a Halloween party. However, the first person to use the term 'Gothic' was Siouxsie Sioux, lead singer of the band Siouxsie and the Banshees. She used this term in reference to the direction her band was taking in relation to her musical genre. The genre of Gothic rock, a variant of punk rock, gained a lot of traction from 1979 and during the early 1980s; began in England and spread to other countries.