'Marrying monstrosity with sublime beauty': Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and the historic roots of goth

'Marrying monstrosity with sublime beauty': Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and the historic roots of goth Warner Bros/ Parisa Taghizadeh From its early Germanic roots to Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the Gothic sensibility has journeyed throughout the centuries, morphing through architecture, art, fashion, music and film. The Gothic has inspired him in every sense, from the macabre yet romantic settings of medieval architecture, to the genre's iconic literary monsters, and emotionally coded fashion of the goth subculture. Warner Bros. Pictures Director Tim Burton's signature gothic vision returns with his latest film, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Burton fuses multiple styles, always with the hero or heroine standing out as proudly goth. Detroit Institute of Arts Henry Füssli's iconic 1781 painting The Nightmare is a favourite with fans of goth culture While the fashion of very early Gothic art tended to reflect the time rather than the emotional content of their characters, contemporary goth sensibility can be found in a host of historical paintings.