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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 architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
The statue was noted in 1676 by the traveller George Wheler, and several ambassadors who had submitted applications to the Ottomans for its removal with any success. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Around 1765–1766, the antiquary Richard Chandler , along with the architect Nicholas Revett and the painter William Pars , visited Eleusis and mentioned the statue as ...
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.
Luba caryatid stool, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. While many objects of Luba art appear to be functional, their utilitarian purposes have been replaced or augmented by symbolic purposes. Sculpted caryatid stools serve symbolically as seats of power and sites of memory for deceased kings and chiefs rather than serve as places to ...
The sixth caryatid was stolen (unproven) by the command of British Lord Elgin and is now held in the British Museum in London. [4] [5] There are two different views for the meaning behind the caryatid maidens in the literature, the first being a maiden dancer from the village of Karyes [3] and the second an imprisoned slave. [6]
A fragmentary caryatid from the series, now in the Villa Albani, Rome, is signed by the otherwise unknown Athenian sculptors Kriton and Nikolaos. It was acquired with other purchases from the Villa Montalto in 1787 [ 1 ] by Charles Townley , who bequeathed it to the British Museum in 1805, where its catalogue number is 1805, 0703 44.
Whitney's caryatid figure dated back to 1913 when she won an award for it at the Paris Salon and from the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.It had been modeled for the Arlington Hotel in Washington, D.C. [4] The original hotel was demolished in 1912 to make room for a larger hotel, that was to include Whitney's caryatid, but its funding fell through and it was never built. [5]
The drum is supported by seated female who appears similar to Greek caryatid figures that would take the place of columns supporting entablatures upon their heads. As for the design of the caryatid figure, one can observe scarification marks on her face and abdomen; along with bracelets and carefully styled hair indicating high community status ...