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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 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.
Elgin's acquisitions also included objects from other buildings on the Athenian Acropolis – a caryatid from the Erechtheion; four slabs from the parapet frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike; and a number of other architectural fragments of the Parthenon, Propylaia, Erechtheion, and the Temple of Athena Nike – as well as the Treasury of ...
In ancient Greek religion Artemis Caryatis [1] (Καρυᾶτις) was an epithet of Artemis that was derived from the small polis of Caryae in Laconia; [2] there an archaic open-air temenos was dedicated to Carya, the Lady of the Nut-Tree, whose priestesses were called the caryatides, represented on the Athenian Acropolis as the marble caryatids supporting the porch of the Erechtheum.
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
Caryatids of the Erechtheion in Athens, possible models for those of Diogenes for the Pantheon in Rome Diogenes of Athens ( Ancient Greek : Διογένης ὁ Ἀθηναῖος ; Latin : Diogenes Atheniensis ) was a sculptor who worked at Rome during the reign of Augustus .
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 ...