2006-11-15 20:07:44 · 5 answers · asked by cu_ti_nho 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
nancy wilson
2006-11-15 20:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ivy leaf portrayed by prehistoric potters of long-forgotten cultures evolved into the red playing-card heart. This botanic symbol found in ancient Greek and Roman art - primarily in vase painting - represented both physical and, above all, eternal love, withstanding death.
The final transformation of the green heart-shaped leaf into the red playing-card heart took place in medieval writings, predominantly in the central-european literature of courtly love.
During the Middle Ages and early modern times, when medicine had a scholastic character, this symbol was used even by anatomists to portray the heart.
The worldwide circulation of the heart symbol through art, playing-cards and above all, however, through religious worship, has made the heart, besides the cross, to the probably most popular non-geometric symbol and to cardiology's emblem.
2006-11-15 20:19:02 · answer #2 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sign was invented from the picture a Dove's wings by somebody whose name I do not know but the Heart itself was created by God
2006-11-15 20:20:09 · answer #3 · answered by Rozzy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sign as is sign language? Be more specific.
2006-11-15 20:58:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean the symbol used in playing cards, it does in fact represent a woman's buttocks. I'll let you work out yourself her position in relation to the observer..
2006-11-15 20:16:10 · answer #5 · answered by checkmate 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋