Thread: What is Goth?
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Old 08-22-2006, 07:04 PM
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Originally posted by The Demeter
The archetecture inspired the style. Just like how you have Modern architecture and Modern style of dress. The Goth to it farther and created an actual image. Think Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft. Think old cinema like Nosferatu, Pandoras Box, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, ect. They all have gothic elements.
It became a diluted mainstream thing in the 80's, but it definetly existed long before then.
But they're not the same thing. They're two completely different styles, movement, what ever you want to call it. The name and some of the imagery was co-oped, but that doesn't make them the same thing.
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