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Cassandra puts herself under the protection of Pallas, Aimé Millet (1819–1891), Tuileries Garden, Paris. In some versions, Cassandra intentionally left a chest behind in Troy, with a curse on whichever Greek opened it first. [26] Inside the chest was an image of Dionysus, made by Hephaestus and presented to the Trojans by Zeus.
Sometimes the name Cassandra is applied to those who can predict rises, falls, and particularly crashes on the global stock market, as happened with Warren Buffett, who repeatedly warned that the 1990s stock market surge was a bubble, attracting to him the title of the "Wall Street Cassandra". [13]
Figure drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. A figure drawing is a drawing of the human form in any of its various shapes and postures, using any of the drawing media. The term can also refer to the act of producing such a drawing. The degree of representation may range from highly detailed, anatomically correct renderings to loose and expressive sketches.
Openclipart, also called Open Clip Art Library, is an online media repository of free-content vector clip art.The project hosts over 160,000 free graphics and has billed itself as "the largest community of artists making the best free original clipart for you to use for absolutely any reason".
Examples of computer clip art, from Openclipart. Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is created, distributed, and used in a digital form.
Madame Web comic book origin story. The Madame Web character, Cassandra Webb, first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 210, which was published in 1980.She was created by writer Denny O’Neil and ...
Articles relating to Cassandra and her depictions. She was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In modern usage, her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose accurate prophecies, generally of impending disaster, are not believed.
Cassandra Peterson is best known for playing her alter-ego Elvira for the past 25 years and now the vampy actress is sharing her incredibly eclectic life with her fans in a new "coffin table" book.