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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

/ ˌkærɪˈætɪd; ˌkærɪəˈtɪdɪk /

noun

  1. a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure Compare telamon
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ³¦²¹°ù²âˈ²¹³Ù¾±»å²¹±ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦²¹°ùy·²¹³Ùi·»å²¹±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of caryatid1

1555–65; < Latin °ä²¹°ù²âÄå³Ù¾±»å±ð²õ (singular °ä²¹°ù²âÄå³Ù¾±²õ ) < Greek °­²¹°ù²âÄå̳پ±»å±ð²õ columns shaped like women, literally, women of °­²¹°ùý²¹¾±, Laconia
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of caryatid1

C16: from Latin °ä²¹°ù²âÄå³Ù¾±»å±ð²õ, 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’s 1909 “Bather,†striding through water, or one of Modigliani’s caryatids.

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