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The Olympic Rings looking towards Princes Street
MacLean, Kevin, 2012, Digital image
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The Olympic Rings looking towards Princes Street
The Olympic Rings looking towards Princes Street
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Title
The Olympic Rings looking towards Princes Street and Scott Monument from Ramsay Gardens
Description
The large Olympic Rings emblem is viewed from behind looking down from Ramsay Gardens towards its position on the Mound. Behind the Olympic logo and through its rings is the National Gallery, Princes Street and Scott Monument. The reverse side of the rings are white, and the colours are discernable on the edges.
Artist / maker
MacLean, Kevin
Date
2012
Type
Digital image
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. This was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.
Each ring represents the five continents involved in the Olympics, the ring colours with the white background stand for those colours that appeared on all the national flags of the world at the time of the design.
The Olympic Rings made their debut at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Edinburgh and the Olympic Torch Relay 2012
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