What is Victorian Lowbrow and Gothic Lowbrow?
Victorian Lowbrow Pronunciation: (vik-‘tOr-E-n lbrou) adj. also Gothic Lowbrow Pronunciation: (Gothik lbrou) adj. 1. Of, relating to, or belonging to the period of the reign of Queen Victoria and being uncultivated; vulgar; characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes. 2. Being in the highly ornamented, massive style of architecture, decor, and furnishings popular in 19th-century England while at the same time being quite immoral for the higher classes i.e. local pub, dime museum, brothel, sideshow, music halls. 3. The term Gothic was used in the early 19th century literary style that used medieval settings in order to create an atmosphere of horror and mystery. In reference to architecture and decorating, Gothic revival was first mentioned during the Victorian era in 1869 in the writings of C.L. Eastlake. n. A person belonging to or exhibiting characteristics typical of or before the Victorian period having uncultivated tastes, wanting instead
