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caryatid
[ kar-ee-at-id ]
noun
- a sculptured female figure used as a column. Compare atlas ( def 5 ).
caryatid
/ 藢k忙r瑟藞忙t瑟d; 藢k忙r瑟蓹藞t瑟d瑟k /
noun
- a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure Compare telamon
Derived Forms
- 藢肠补谤测藞补迟颈诲补濒, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠补谤顎厃路补迟顎僫路诲补濒 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of caryatid1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of caryatid1
Example Sentences
In ancient Greece, the culture where male athletes were so highly prized as heroic citizens, a caryatid was a draped female figure used instead of a column as an architectural support.
In it, she and Cardi B dress in Grecian goddess-inspired dresses, dance in front of classically inspired statuary, wear headdresses that evoke caryatids and transform into Grecian vases.
Adjaye likens it to a caryatid, a statue that held up roofs in classical architecture.
Their style also separates them from the typical caryatids that visitors might see elsewhere.
Their eccentric profile, isolated against white, forms a kind of muscular torso, not unlike Matisse鈥檚 1909 鈥淏ather,鈥 striding through water, or one of Modigliani鈥檚 caryatids.
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