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Definition of Caryatid
1. Noun. A supporting column carved in the shape of a person.
Definition of Caryatid
1. n. A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.
Definition of Caryatid
1. Noun. A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element, used as a support for entablature. ¹
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Definition of Caryatid
1. a sculptured female figure used as a column [n -S or -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caryatid
Literary usage of Caryatid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Problems in Periclean Buildings by George Wicker Elderkin (1912)
"II THE caryatid PORCH OF THE ERECHTHEUM Not the least remarkable feature of the
Erechtheum is the caryatid Porch, which is generally regarded as a creation ..."
2. A History of Architectural Development by Frederick Moore Simpson (1913)
"The figures composing the caryatid porch of the Erechtheum are splendid examples
of the sculptor's art at the best period (Fig. 61). ..."
3. Papers of the British School at Rome by British School at Rome (1904)
"A caryatid bearing a capital on her head—which is very like (though not FIG.
5.—THE caryatid NEAR S. BASILIO. ..."
4. Sculpture I, 1952-1967 by Mary C. Sturgeon (1987)
"caryatid FIGURES The use of a human, especially a female, figure as a structural
stone support ... Therefore, it is possible that the caryatid aspect of the ..."
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