This article analyzes the reemergence of the eighteenth century gothic tradition in the graphic novels of the twentieth century and asserts that the Gothic appears at times of great social changes. Hence, early or later examples of this fiction can be seen as metaphors reflecting the emergence of capitalism and the paradigmatic evolution in man’s epistemological consciousness. The target of cri...

We often treat annotation as a supplement, scribbling tacked on to the real (hyper) text. Instead, we might view annotation as an organic process in which the current hypertext grows and is elaborated in ways that are unpredictable but not unconstrained. In this, we recognize the old mission of constructive hypertext to form a seedbed and trellis, a structure for what it becoming. A key to cult...

NATURAL DESCRIPTION OF GOTHIC CATHEDRALS by TYLER GREGG CARLSON (Under the Direction of Walter D. Potter) ABSTRACT The goal of the Architecture Represented Computationally (ARC) project is to transform user input or scholarly written descriptions of Gothic cathedrals into logical representations, allowing consistency validation, query-answering, and generation of precise descriptions or visuali...

“In Venice, I am treated as a nobleman.... I really am somebody, whereas at home I am just a hack,” (1) said Albrecht Dürer of his life and studies abroad. During his travels, he came under the influence of Italian Renaissance, which had a transforming effect on the way he viewed art. Challenging his Gothic roots as well as his use of color, travel opened the door to the work of Leonardo da Vin...