geocentric coordinates
geocentric coordinates Any system of coordinates with their origin at the centre of the Earth. For bodies in the Solar System, geocentric coordinates differ slightly from the coordinates as actually measured by an observer on the surface of the Earth (
topocentric coordinates). Various forms of geocentric coordinates are defined: geocentric
equatorial coordinates, the most common, have the celestial equator as their reference plane, while geocentric
ecliptic coordinates are referred to the ecliptic.
Rectangular coordinates can also be geocentric in origin.
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Caryatid statue moved from ancient Acropolis to new museum
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...transfer of the other Caryatid statues will take place...the new few days. Six Caryatids _ stone columns sculpted...Costas Zambas said. The Caryatids had the additional strain...care. Zambas said the Caryatid undergoing restoration...display holding the Caryatids had been altered for...
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Table's caryatids are no Victorian maidens
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/29/2006; ; 662 words
; ...06-29-2006 Table's caryatids are no Victorian maidens By...most clearly seen in the "caryatids" that make up the table...legs. In architecture, a caryatid is a supporting column that...and 407 B.C. However, caryatids were used also in the Forum...
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Sterling's 'Caryatids' is as stiff as a -- er, statue
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 4/5/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...statues referred to in the title of "The Caryatids" (Del Rey, $25, 297 pages), has...efforts without much substance. "The Caryatids" is no exception. The setup is fine...an epilogue and an afterword, "The Caryatids" spins into pointlessness because Sterling...
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site unseen The caryatids, St Pancras New Church, London
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/31/1995; ; 675 words
; ...elegantly supported by four very beautiful caryatids, or female figures. Nothing so surprising...you might think. But, in fact, the caryatids were originally too tall and a slice...Upper Woburn Place, London WC1. The caryatids are best seen facing Euston Road
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Holding Up The Old City; D.C.'s Living Caryatids & Their Historic Burden
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/17/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...Still the temple stands, held by the new caryatids and atlantes-the living equivalents...built in 1872 for black students. Other caryatid celebrations: The D.C. Preservation...offices and branch banks. But if the caryatids hold steady, a few non-conforming...
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The Caryatids.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: California Bookwatch; 5/1/2009; 365 words
; The Caryatids Bruce Sterling Del Rey Books 9780345460622, $25.00 www.delreybooks...influence fighting over the remaining resources of fallen nations. The Caryatids are four remaining female clones of a mad Balkan genius and war criminal...
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TREASURES IN YOUR ATTIC: Table with semi-nude figures dates to 1925b
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/9/2006; ; 641 words
; ...most clearly seen in the "caryatids" that make up the table...legs. In architecture, a caryatid is a supporting column that...and 407 B.C. However, caryatids were used also in the Forum...earlier, and the image of the caryatid is more flapper than Victorian...
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The hidden face of Renaissance artists
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 7/12/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...placement of the groups of caryatids. In a small drawing in pen...general composition with three caryatids carrying an amphora on their...movement to volume. The central caryatid, which had a mildly dreamy...inspired by Antiquity.Another caryatid sketched in a smaller red...
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HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC TRUTH IS THE (UN)REAL THING AT MIT, ARTIST'S DIGITAL ALTERATIONS PRODUCE CHILLING NEW VISIONS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/23/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...plays itself out. Two video pieces, "Caryatid" and "Corner Piece," show the dances...but leave nothing at the center. "Caryatid" depicts the Stanley Cup floating over...refers to classical architecture; a caryatid is a support column sculpted to look...
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Sculpture adds new Clayton traffic-stopper "Man on a Horse" is hoisted into place at corner of Wydown and Hanley to delight of passing pedestrians.(West Post)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 5/2/2005; 700+ words
; ...Tuesday, Howard Ben Tre's "Clayton Caryatid" is scheduled for installation on Carondelet...Delmar Loop area. Ben Tre's "Clayton Caryatid," a sleek column of cast glass, patinated...Museum collection. The cost of "Clayton Caryatid," which will be 10 feet high and includes...
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caryatid
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
caryatid. A carved female figure...architecture and the most famous caryatids are on the Erechtheum at Athens...The male equivalent of the caryatid is the atlas ; the term canephorae is applied to caryatids supporting baskets on their...
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caryatid(e)
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
caryatid(e) (pl. caryatid(e)s). Carved, draped, straight, standing female figure...supporting an entablature . The best-known example of the use of caryatids in Greek Antiquity was the south porch of the Erechtheion, Athens...
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Erechtheum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The southern portico, known as the Porch of the Caryatids (see caryatid ) from the six sculptured draped female figures...building. One of the east columns and one of the caryatids were removed to London by Lord Elgin, replicas...
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Goujon, Jean
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...Unfortunately all Goujon's work there has been heavily restored, including the famous caryatids (1550–1) in the Salle des Caryatides. Using caryatids on a monumental scale was a novelty, perhaps inspired by his reading of Vitruvius...
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Pierre Puget
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...wholly to sculpture. From 1655 to 1658, Puget carved the caryatids for the town hall of Toulon. He also executed commissions...baroque idiom, ranging from the expressive contortions of his caryatids to the controlled form of his Milo of Crotona (Louvre).
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