caryatid

Examples of caryatid in the following topics:

• The Propylaea and the Erechtheion

  • A porch on the south side of the Erechtheion is known as the Porch of the Caryatids, or the Porch of the Maidens.
  • Six towering sculpted women (caryatids) servesupport the entablature of the building.
  • The sculpted columnar form of the caryatids is named after the women of the town of Kayrai, a small town near and allied to Sparta.
  • Thus, the caryatids depicted on the Acropolis are symbolic representations of the full power of Athenian authority over Greece and the punishment of traitors.
  • The porch of the Erechtheion with caryatids.

• The Acropolis

  • A porch on the south side of the Erechtheion is known as the Porch of the Caryatids, or the Porch of the Maidens.
  • Six towering sculpted women (caryatids) support the entablature.
  • The sculpted columnar form of the caryatids is named after the women of the town of Kayrai, a small town near and allied to Sparta.
  • This style is found elsewhere on the Acropolis, such as on the Caryatids and on the women in the Parthenon's pediment.
  • The porch of the Erechtheion with caryatids.

• Athens

• The Temple of Athena Nike

  • This style is found elsewhere on the Acropolis, such as on the Caryatids and on the women in the Parthenon's pediment.

• Dogon Sculpture

  • Themes found throughout Dogon sculpture consist of figures with raised arms, superimposed bearded figures, horsemen, stools with caryatids, women with children, figures covering their faces, women grinding pearl millet, women bearing vessels on their heads, donkeys bearing cups, musicians, dogs, quadruped-shaped troughs or benches, figures bending from the waist, mirror-images, apron-wearing figures, and standing figures.

• Dogon

  • Themes found throughout Dogon sculpture consist of figures with raised arms, superimposed bearded figures, horsemen, stools with caryatids, women with children, figures covering their faces, women grinding pearl millet, women bearing vessels on their heads, donkeys bearing cups, musicians, dogs, quadruped-shaped troughs or benches, figures bending from the waist, mirror-images, aproned figures, and standing figures.

• Delphi and Greek Treasuries

  • The two columns in antis were not typical columns but caryatids, supportive columns that took the shape of women.

• Architecture under the Nervan-Antonines

  • Among the designs he borrowed are caryatids and statues beside them depicting the Egyptian dwarf and fertility god Bes.

• Classical Greek Architecture

  • Caryatids—draped female figures used as supporting members to the entablature—were also a feature of the Ionic Order.