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caryatid

[ kar-ee-at-id ]

noun

Architecture.
plural caryatids, caryatides
  1. 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

  1. a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure Compare telamon
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢肠补谤测藞补迟颈诲补濒, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠补谤顎厃路补迟顎僫路诲补濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of caryatid1

1555鈥65; < Latin 颁补谤测腻迟颈诲别蝉 (singular 颁补谤测腻迟颈蝉 ) < Greek 碍补谤测腻虂迟颈诲别蝉 columns shaped like women, literally, women of 碍补谤媒补颈, Laconia
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of caryatid1

C16: from Latin 颁补谤测腻迟颈诲别蝉, from Greek Karuatides priestesses of Artemis at Karuai (Caryae), village in Laconia
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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.

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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.

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Adjaye likens it to a caryatid, a statue that held up roofs in classical architecture.

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Their style also separates them from the typical caryatids that visitors might see elsewhere.

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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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