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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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Edificio de Las Cariátides (English:
Caryatid Building) is a
building in the
Spanish capital of
Madrid built by
Spanish architect,
Antonio Palacios. The...
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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...
- Megleno-Romanians, Slavophones, Roma)
Women Life
expectancy Culture Anastenaria Caryatid Clean Monday Concept of
kingship Dress (Chiton, Chlamys, Exomis, Fustanella...
- by the
architect Pierre-François
Fontaine over the
Caryatides Balcony in the
Salle des
Caryatides of the
Lescot Wing,
where it
remained until 1847, when...
- Ajax. The
caryatid is the
female precursor of this
architectural form in Greece, a
woman standing in the
place of each
column or pillar.
Caryatids are found...
- 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,...
