- A
caryatid (/ˌkɛəriˈætɪd, ˌkær-/ KAIR-ee-AT-id, KARR-;
Ancient Gr****: Καρυᾶτις, romanized: Karuâtis; pl. Καρυάτιδες, Karuátides) is a
sculpted female figure...
- 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...
- In antiquity, two
large Caryatids from the
Lesser Propylaea adorned the
sanctuary of the Gr****
goddess of
agriculture Demeter at
Eleusis in
Greece as...
- 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...
-
Edificio de Las Cariátides (English:
Caryatid Building) is a
building in the
Spanish capital of
Madrid built by
Spanish architect,
Antonio Palacios. The...
- The
creation of the
originally titled Große
Kugelkaryatide N.Y. /
Great Caryatid Sphere N.Y. (catalogue raisonné Sk 416)
dates to the 1960s and
early 1970s...
-
entrance in
Princes Street Caryatids on the store's
rooftop Caryatid (left),
pediment over two left bays,
Princes Street façade
Caryatid (centre left), pediment...
- Megleno-Romanians, Slavophones, Roma)
Women Life
expectancy Culture Anastenaria Caryatid Clean Monday Concept of
kingship Dress (Chiton, Chlamys, Exomis, Fustanella...
- his predecessor. A
caryatid stool is
therefore a
concrete manifestation of this
metaphysical "seat." One such Luba
creator of
caryatid stools is the 19th-century...
-
Slavic word for walnut. The
village of
Karyes is the
birthplace of the six
caryatid maidens which are
featured in
architecture in the
place of
columns on the...
