logo is part of a celebration of Starbucks’ 40th year‚ and it is the fourth in the company’s history. Starbucks revamped the logo in 1987 by dropping the brown and embracing green; it also changed the formerly bare-breasted siren to a more modest sea nymph. The company again modified the logo in 1992. There have been a number of high-profile logo changes in the past few years; Pepsi-Cola‚ Tropicana and Gap all tweaked their iconic symbols. Notably‚ all have received further tweaks since the initial
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The works of Sandro Botticelli are among the most revered of renaissance painting. The sweeping curves of his women and the ethereal beauty of their gazes are recognized instantaneously: from a grandmother in a small town to the cognoscenti of New York or Paris‚ few can claim to be unmoved by his work. Patronized by the Vatican as well as one of the most rich and powerful Florentines of his time‚ Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici‚ Botticelli was hugely popular in his own day. His most magnificent
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Greek Mythology in Astronomy The creatures and deities in Greek mythology are said to have connection with the astronomy and the star constellations. In this fragment of Hesiod’s poem “Nymphs like the Graces‚ Phaesyle and Coronis and rich-crowned Cleeia and lovely Phaeo and long-robed Eudora‚ whom the tribes of men upon the earth call Hyades.” (Hesiod‚ Homeric Hymns‚ Epic Cycle‚ Homerica. 1922) titled Astronomy‚ he mentioned and catalogued many of the constellations based on creatures and gods
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“The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time‚” (William Butler Yeats). Ophelia‚ a character in Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ was shown as being innocent. Most of the things she has done she was told to do it. She was doing her best to please her father even if that meant breaking the one she love’s heart. She was still showed innocent when she went mentally insane after the death of her father. No one really knows if her death in the play was suicide or not. W.G. Simmonds’ “The Drowning of Ophelia”
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This painting was made by Sandro Botticelli in Florence‚ Italy during the Renaissance. It is still in Florence and is on display at the Galleria Degli Uffizi. Alessandro di Mariano Vanni Filipepi Botticelli also known as Sandro Botticelli was born in Florence‚ Italy on March first (Lightbown). Sandro Botticelli was given his nickname from his elder brother‚ Antonio. Antonio started training his younger brother to be a goldsmith from a young age . This training came to an abrupt end as Botticelli
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The Villa Farnesina is a Renaissance villa in Rome‚ in the Trastevere neighbourhood. Other than the palazzo’s in the center of the city that usually faced the road and didn’t have a big garden‚ the villa’s were usually outside of the city center and had an open loggia that faced a garden. Rich families often had parties and banquets in these villas. This villa is decorated with many frescoes of high quality‚ painted by amongst others Raphael. The frescoes inside it depict mostly mythological scenes
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impact on Odysseus’ life. Out of all these women‚ Athena was the most influential‚ aiding Odysseus to get away from Calypso‚ keeping him from death’s gates‚ and helping him win Penelope back. On his way home to Ithaca‚ Odysseus gets shipwrecked on the nymph‚ Calypso’s‚ island. She didn’t want him to leave‚ but‚ instead‚ to be her lover forever. If not for Athena‚ Odysseus would have been held miserable by Calypso’s infatuation with him. Instead‚ when Athena saw Odysseus’ melancholy she wanted to help
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is in the stages of creating the largest Greek mythology painting‚ Primavera or also known as the Allegory of Spring. On the canvas characters such as Zephyr: the God of Wind‚ Flora/Chloris: the Goddess of Flowers and Blossoms as well as her former nymph counterpart‚ Venus: the Goddess of Love and Beauty‚ the Three Graces‚ Cupid: God of Love‚ and last but not least Mercury: the Messenger of Gods are coming together for “…Spring closing/The white doors of winter…” (Bolaños‚ Pg 396‚ Line 25-26). The
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Many have heard of the Greek goddess‚ Artemis‚ but not many know of her Roman comparison Diana. There are some differences but many similarities. Both versions are referred to as the goddess of the hunt‚ as well as the moon and of childbirth or fertility. Diana had many qualities that could be looked upon and thought to be respectable as well as what she stood for and protected. (#2) Diana’s story is one that should be respected. The Greek version says that Artemis was born on the island of Delos
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How was the world created? Nobody really knows‚ but people and cultures from all treks of the Earth have created stories or myths to help themselves understand. Myths from across the globe‚ although different in many ways‚ have the same underlying theme. The Iroquois and Dogon have differences and similarities when it comes to who created the Earth‚ why it was created‚ and what roles humans play in the becoming of the world. The Iroquois believed that life came before the Earth. That sky gods and
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