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The caryatid taken by Elgin from the Erechtheion, standing in contrapposto, displayed at the British Museum A caryatid ( / ˌ k ɛər i ˈ æ t ɪ d , ˌ k ær -/ KAIR -ee- AT -id, KARR - ; [ 1 ] Ancient Greek : Καρυᾶτις , romanized : Karuâtis ; pl. Καρυάτιδες , Karuátides ) [ 2 ] is a sculpted female figure serving as an ...
The Caryatid from the Erechtheion, dating from about 421-406BC, was one of six almost identical figures of women that took the place of columns on the south porch of the building. Author: Mujtaba Chohan E-mail: m.chohan@gmail.com Source: British Museum Visit
The Erechtheion [2] (/ ɪ ˈ r ɛ k θ i ə n /, latinized as Erechtheum / ɪ ˈ r ɛ k θ i ə m, ˌ ɛ r ɪ k ˈ θ iː ə m /; Ancient Greek: Ἐρέχθειον, Greek: Ερέχθειο) or Temple of Athena Polias [3] is an ancient Greek Ionic temple on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, which was primarily dedicated to the goddess ...
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 at the treasuries at Delphi and the Erechtheion on the Acropolis at Athens for Athene.
Lamptrai (Ancient Greek: Λαμπτραὶ), or Lamptra (Λάμπτρα, in inscriptions; Λάμπρα, in writers), was the name of two demoi: Lamptrai Kathyperthen (Ancient Greek: Λαμπτραὶ καθύπερθεν) or Upper Lamptai and Lamptrai Paraloi (Ancient Greek: Λαμπτραὶ παράλιαι) or Lower Lamtrai, also called Coastal or Maritime Lamptrai.
English: The southern flank of the Erechtheum (this is the flank along which stands the famous Caryatids Porch) at the Acropolis of Athens. Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto , November 11 2009. Date
Upper torso of caryatid. The plan of the treasury has two parts; a pronaos, or porch, and a cella, or enclosure. The pronaos is distyle in antis, i.e., the side walls (Latin antae) extend to the front of the porch, and the pediment is supported by two caryatids instead of plain columns. Below the pediment runs a continuous frieze. The building ...
The Diana of Versailles in the Louvre Galerie des Caryatides that was designed for it. The Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt (French: Artémis, déesse de la chasse) is a slightly over-lifesize [1] marble statue of the Roman goddess Diana (Greek: Artemis) with a deer.