-
version of a
caryatid, i.e., a
sculpted male
statue serving as an
architectural support. The term is
first recorded in the
Latin form
caryatides by the Roman...
- The
Caryatids is a
science fiction novel by
American writer Bruce Sterling,
published in 2009. It
tells the tale of the four
Mihajlovic "sisters", clones...
- In antiquity, two
large Caryatids from the
Lesser Propylaea adorned the
sanctuary of the Gr****
goddess of
agriculture Demeter at her cult-center of Eleusis...
- Nut-Tree,
whose priestesses were
called the
caryatides,
represented on the
Athenian Acropolis as the
marble caryatids supporting the
porch of the Erechtheum...
-
Great Hall (Grande
Salle b****e), now
known as Hall of the
Caryatids (French:
Salle des
Caryatides),
first completed in 1549,
replaced what had been the Great...
- The
Townley Caryatid is a 2.25m high
Pentelic marble caryatid,
depicting a
woman dressed to take part in
religious rites (possibly
fertility rites related...
- leaves. The
frieze is
sometimes omitted—for example, on the
portico of the
caryatides of the Erechtheum—and
probably did not
exist as a
structure in the temple...
-
across the
courtyard made by
Pierre Lescot. The
Caryatides were
inspired by six
figures of the
Caryatid Porch of the
Erechtheion on the
Acropolis at Athens...
- Pixodaros, (340 BC)
Temple of Zeus,
Salamis in
Cyprus Marble capital with
caryatid figure
standing between winged bulls, (300–250 BC)
Wider collection Prehistoric...
- Minerva, with a
victory in her hand,
stands above the
building of the
Caryatides, on a
columned pedestal, near
which is a band with trumpets, cymbals,...
