Oleg Cassini

through phases of nation building and identity building which certainly contributed to the nation based approach of the arts. However, this is not the only reason they didn’t use the concept of a holistic Islamic art, for it can have certainly have to do with the nation that this unity in Islamic art, and the whole term of Islamic art, is a Western construction of a concept. This thesis will not cover the motivations and reasons for the nation based approach, but will touch the subjects since it covers the construction of terms and unity. Not all motives for seeing Islamic art as a unity were constructed in a European past; when looking at visual aspects, some scholars see the resemblances, although acknowledging the differences as well. Oleg Grabar wrote that “…[A]ll of them [Islamic art objects] possess what is called in French an “air de famille”, a relatable series of formal and other characteristics.” (Grabar, 1993, p. xx). Director of the David Collection in Copenhagen Kjeld von Folsach said there are a couple of “unifying elements” that justify the “fairly homogeneous phenomenon” of Islamic art (Folsach, 2001, p. 17). Not all elements he provides are legit reasons however. He gives the climate as a unifying factor but the climates “Islamic art” has been produced in stretches from snowy mountains to sandy deserts. The catalogue from/of the Islamic Art Museum in Doha mentions that “The differences … were united by a force of spirit with its own distinctive visual…

Astronomer Giovanni Cassini Astronomer Giovanni Cassini is the scientist I chose because he discovered the moons of my favorite planet. He is associated with many amazing astronomical discoveries, including the first observations of Saturn's moons. For this reason, the Cassini spacecraft was named after him. It was launched in 1997 and plunged into the planet in 2017. Born on June 8, 1625, in Perinaldo, Republic of Genoa (now Italy), he was given the name Giovanni Domenico by his parents, Jacopo…

Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch Mathematician and Scientist in the late 17th century. It becomes difficult at this stage to be any more specific than that, as his achievements are in fields so varied and so far-reaching that the only description of him that fits is ‘polymath’. Indeed, we are only learning of some achievements today, as his reticence to publish many of his works kept many of them from seeing the light of day for quite some time (Igorevich). He was born in the cold April of 1626 in…

If you have been watching the news for the past couple of days, then you must have heard the name ‘Cassini’ being mentioned quote a few times. This is because NASA or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced the we all must bid farewell to Cassini, as it made its final dive into Saturn last September 15. WHAT IS CASSINI? At first, people who are not really updated when it comes to space news thought that Cassini was actually a person who went on a suicide mission for the…

The Cassini Orbiter Quite a few people don’t know much about space or satellites. So I am here to clear it up a little bit. Many people believe that satellites and orbiters are the same thing; they similar but work and give different information. The satellite work Throughout this paper you will learn about the Cassini orbiter, what it does and is meant to do, about its missions, and how it all started. The Cassini was launched in 1997 from Cape Canaveral, FL. It had to…

Since the launch of Cassini in 1997, its images have fascinated people and scientists with their beauty and complexity. For its latest mission, the best choice for Cassini's camera is Jupiter and its orbit. This is because it has been 25 years since a photo of Jupiter like this has been taken so this picture will provide valuable information to exoplanet researchers by showing us how planets with atmospheres look from one billion miles away. One of the reasons why Cassini should take this…

How Titan was named: When Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan in 1655, he named the moon Saturnas Luna (Latin for Saturn’s moon). Later, Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered four more moon and Titan was renamed Saturn IV. At the time Titan was believed to be the fourth moon of Saturn. However it was later discovered to be the sixth ellipsoidal moon. In 1847, John Herschel suggested that the 7 known moons of Saturn should be named after the Titans and Titanesses from Greek…