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High Gothic, Battlefleet Gothic, the Gothic War – one will eventually come across the term “Gothic” in one way or another when engaging with the world of Warhammer 40k. But as an aspiring art historian and 40k lore enthusiast, I have always wondered: How Gothic is the architecture of the Imperium of Man really? How …
This paper discusses the built environment of the Warhammer 40,000 universe through a number of architectural, anthropological, and cinematic theories. The aim is to underline the uniqueness of this setting, grounded firmly in British popular culture to its status as a global phenomenon. In addition to this, the paper examines the hobbyists’ engagement with modelmaking …