Gothic Girls

Quarantine is officially getting to the Gothic Girls, and they’ve regressed back to old interests...love interests that is. H and K reflect back on simpler times when it wasn’t deadly to travel and spend hours at the Met ogling the sexy Roman statues. For their main focus, the Gothic Girls discuss lost art, including some very famous pieces. How exactly did someone get away with stealing the Mona F****** Lisa?! There’s also talk of Nazis, pigs, and porn. What more could you want in an art and architecture podcast? 

Sources: 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_artworks
https://www.npr.org/2011/07/30/138800110/the-theft-that-made-the-mona-lisa-a-masterpiece#:~:text=Associated%20Press-,The%20right%20eye%20of%20Leonardo%20da%20Vinci's%20%22Mona%20Lisa.%22,of%20the%20Louvre%20in%20Paris.&text=And%20on%20that%20morning%2C%20with,glass%20case%20off%20the%20wall.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/theculturetrip.com/europe/articles/the-10-most-wanted-missing-paintings-in-the-world/%3famp=1
https://medium.com/artisera/6-of-the-worlds-most-famous-stolen-paintings-that-have-never-been-found-5fcd7237d9a2
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/18/lost-stolen-blown-up-and-fed-to-pigs-the-greatest-missing-masterpieces
https://historycollection.com/10-pieces-art-stolen-nazis-still-missing-today/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-monuments-men-180949569/

 Also, shout out to The ArtCurious Podcast, who we mention in this episode - check them out @artcuriouspod

The Gothic Girls are back and resuming their normal art and architecture content. This week, get to know H and K a little better and find out why they get along so well. They revisit a topic briefly covered in a past episode—Stonehenge—and try to uncover the who, what, why, and how behind one of the most mysterious formations on Earth. I mean, it had to be aliens, right?

Sources:
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/history-and-stories/history/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/7-things-you-should-know-about-stonehenge
https://www.aboutstonehenge.info/who-built-stonehenge/
https://evanevanstours.com/travel-guide/out-of-london-guide/stonehenge-guide/
https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/blogs/article/beyond-stonehenge-5-other-amazing-henges/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/27832-strange-theories-about-stonehenge.html
https://www.travelguideline.net/mystical-stone-circles-henges.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_barrow

A word of caution: this episode contains themes some listeners might find disturbing.

It’s a bittersweet episode for the Gothic Girls. H and K have shared some of the creepiest and most sinister art and architecture they could find during this year’s Spooky Season series, but sadly it must come to an end. This episode might just be the scariest yet as they explore some of the most notorious haunted places around the world! H and K also share some personal ghostly encounters along with their personal experiences at a couple of these haunted locations. The perfect episode to celebrate this quarantine Halloween!


Sources:
https://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/sarahs-story/
https://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/timeline/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/winchester-mystery-house
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/527411/14-haunting-facts-about-winchester-mystery-house
https://www.7x7.com/the-top-10-lies-about-the-winchester-mystery-house-1786563456.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_del_Coronado
https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/americas-most-notorious-hotel-ghosts
https://allthatsinteresting.com/kate-morgan
https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/hotel-del-coronado/history.php
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Čachtice_Castle
https://medievalheritage.eu/en/main-page/heritage/slovakia/cachtice-castle/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ruins-cachtice-castle https://theculturetrip.com/europe/slovakia/articles/the-terrible-secrets-of-the-cachtice-castle-ruins/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bathorys-torturous-escapades-are-exposed
https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-story-of-the-tower-of-london/#gs.jquvcv
http://www.medart.pitt.edu/image/England/London/Tower/General/London-Tower-General.html
http://architectboy.com/tower-of-london-architecture/
https://www.exploring-castles.com/uk/england/tower_london_ghosts/

In the third installment of the Spooky Season series, the Gothic Girls cover H’s favorite artist, Hieronymus Bosch. Known for his fantastical and nightmarish portrayals of religious subjects, some people believe Bosch had to be on drugs or even from another dimension entirely. *cough cough K cough cough* Despite being impossible to understand and decipher, H and K try their best to make some sense of the madness that is Hieronymus Bosch.



Sources:
https://www.hieronymus-bosch.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascent_of_the_Blessed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Paradise_(Bosch)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Damned_into_Hell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_(Bosch)
http://www.hieronymusbosch.net/the-last-judgement/
https://smarthistory.org/garden-bosch/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/northern/hieronymus-bosch/a/bosch-the-garden-of-earthly-delights
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65670/15-things-you-should-know-about-boschs-garden-earthly-delights

A word of caution: this episode contains themes some listeners might find disturbing.

H and K take a trip down memory lane and remember all the past Halloweens they've spent together...partying, dressing up, having a pajama party and watching witchy movies instead of going out...The Gothic Girls continue the Spooky Season series by discussing funerary architecture throughout history and across the globe. If there's one thing that we all have in common, it's that we all die, and H and K explore the many options for burial spaces in this episode.


Sources:
https://www.everplans.com/articles/funeral-burial-rituals-from-around-the-world
https://www.dezeen.com/tag/death/
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/pyramids-and-ziggurats/
https://www.catacombes.paris.fr/en/history/site-history
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tower-of-silence-mumbai
https://iranparadise.com/zoroastrian-towers-of-silence/
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/cerveteri-necropolis-etruscan-city-dead-002602
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/detail/news/secrets-of-tibetan-burial-mounds/
https://www.ancient.eu/article/206/the-stonehenge-burials/
https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/countryside/news/a2101/neolithic-house-of-the-dead-burial-mound-stonehenge-ancestors/
https://blog.stonehenge-stone-circle.co.uk/2016/10/05/barrows-or-burial-mounds-near-stonehenge/
https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/photos/creepy-crypts-and-catacombs-worldwide
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/252/
http://www.experienceneworleans.com/deadcity.html

A word of caution: this episode contains themes some listeners might find disturbing. 

It’s officially Spooky Season, and the Gothic Girls are kicking off their favorite time of the year with a review of some of the creepiest art they could find. From pieces created hundreds of years ago to a modern performance artist, H and K delve into some of the most sordid and gruesome artwork ever created. Throughout the month of October, enjoy this Spooky Season series...XOXO. 

Sources: 

https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/the-raft-of-the-medusa

https://www.franciscogoya.com/witches-sabbath.jsp 

https://medium.com/mutualart/decoding-goyas-black-paintings-61ce237f61c

https://www.wga.hu/html_m/g/goya/9/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jan/30/goya-black-paintings-prado-madrid-bicentennial-exhibition

http://www.artnet.com/artists/hermann-nitsch/ 

https://www.ideelart.com/magazine/hermann-nitsch

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jun/20/can-blood-guts-and-gore-in-art-be-beautiful-nitsch-shows-it-can

https://smarthistory.org/henry-fuseli-the-nightmare/

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-francis-bacon

https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2013/february/08/the-truth-behind-francis-bacons-screaming-popes/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodore-Gericault

In this episode, H and K check in with one another to see how each is handling the "Global F******* Pandemic" we are all facing. They jump into prehistoric architecture by exploring caves and their purpose, while highlighting some of the oldest images ever created--cave paintings. Can caves be considered architecture if they aren't man-made? Were the cave paintings used for functional or aesthetic purposes? The Gothic Girls discuss these topics and more!



Sources:
https://brewminate.com/prehistoric-architecture/ 

https://www.ancient.eu/Lascaux_Cave/

https://www.ancient.eu/Chauvet_Cave/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131008-women-handprints-oldest-neolithic-cave-art/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhoukoudian

In the first episode of Gothic Girls, H and K reminisce on how they met and discovered their shared passion of art and architecture, why they picked the name Gothic Girls, and what to expect from this podcast. Beginning with prehistoric art, they cover the Venus of Willendorf and other similar sculptures, exploring the concept of “What is Art?” and the purpose behind the creation of these figurines. Grab a glass of wine, unwind, and maybe learn a thing or two about art and architecture with the Gothic Girls. XOXO. 



Sources:

Venus Figurine by Jessica Liew - Ancient History Encyclopedia

How This 30,000 Year Old Figurine Continues to Captivate Today by Kelly Richman-Abdou - My Modern Met 

A World of Art by Henry M. Sayre

The Cave Art Debate by Andrew Curry - Smithsonian Magazine

H and K here. Two not-so-experts with a shared love of architecture and art history. We present to you the weird and the wonderful, the salacious and the scandalous, the divine and the downright dirty in the worlds of art and architecture via an uncensored, completely subjective, and only slightly educational podcast. You’ll grow to love us. XOXO, Gothic Girls