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The Chi-Rho, a monogram of the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ. A monogram is a motif made by overlapping or combining two or more letters or other graphemes to form one symbol. Monograms are often made by combining the initials of an individual or a company, used as recognizable symbols or logos.
Monogram is a Combine by American artist Robert Rauschenberg, made between 1955 and 1959. [1] It consists of a stuffed Angora goat with its midsection passing through an automobile tire . [ 2 ] Critic Jorg von Uthmann described it as Rauschenberg's most famous work in the Huffington Post. [ 3 ]
[2] The use of a wedding ring has long been part of religious weddings in Indian sub-continent, Europe and America, but the origin of the tradition is unclear. One possibility is the Roman belief in the Vena amoris, which was believed to be a blood vessel that ran from the fourth finger (ring finger) directly to the heart. Thus, when a couple ...
A wedding photographer taking a picture of the bride and her new husband with his family A newlywed couple standing in front of a church and their wedding photographer, Westmount, Montreal, 1945. Wedding photography is a specialty in photography that is primarily focused on the photography of events and activities relating to weddings.
A wedding cake topper is a small model that sits on top of a wedding cake, normally a representation of the couple in formal wedding attire. History The ...
In modern heraldry, a royal cypher is a monogram or monogram-like device of a country's reigning sovereign, typically consisting of the initials of the monarch's name and title, sometimes interwoven and often surmounted by a crown. [1] Such a cypher as used by an emperor or empress is called an imperial cypher.
A shotgun wedding is a wedding arranged in response to pregnancy resulting from premarital sex. [1] The phrase comes from the figurative imagining that the relatives of the pregnant bride threaten the reluctant male groom with a shotgun in order to ensure that he marries the woman.
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