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caryatid

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car·y·at·id  (kr-td)
n. pl. car·y·at·ids or car·y·at·i·des (--dz) Architecture
A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female figure.
[From Latin Carytides, caryatids, from Greek Karutides, priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, caryatids, from Karuai, Caryae, a village of Laconia in southern Greece with a famous temple to Artemis.]
cary·ati·dal (--dl), cary·ati·dean (--dn), cary·a·tidic (--tdk) adj.
caryatid [kar-ree-at-id]
Noun
a supporting column in the shape of a female figure [Greek Karuatides priestesses of Artemis at Karuai (Caryae), in Laconia]
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Noun1.caryatidcaryatid - a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
pillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure


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Working in the classical tradition, Van Doren's distinctive drawings are drawn from twenty years of his career and document him as an accomplished colorist with a particular affinity for architectural elements such as domes, corbels, caryatids, bays, oriels, cornices, medallions, entablatures, pediments, and other aspects of architectural distinction, shape and texture.
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