whole female figure supporting an entablature or other similar member Termini Caryatids: female busts or demi-figures or three-quarter figures supporting an entablature or other similar member and placed at the top of termini pilasters
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element, used as a support for entablature
a pillar in the shape of a female figure (caryatides (plural), from , ). Supporting column sculpted in the form of a draped female figure. Caryatids first appeared in three small buildings (treasuries) at Delphi (550-530 BC). The most celebrated example is the caryatid porch of the Erechtheum (421-406 BC), with six figures, on the Acropolis (see acropolis) of Athens. Caryatids are sometimes called korai ("maidens"). Their male counterpart is the atlas
[arch] Supporting column or pier carved or molded in human form; usually a female representation but not always (opposite; telamon)
> A female figure functioning as a support, such as a column, in architecture, sculpture and decorative arts In silver, caryatids can be used as handles
A carved female figure used as a column Dressed in long robes, she supports an architectural element on her head Her male counterpart is an atlant, atlantid, or atlas
The human figure used as a sculptural column as part of a classical composition, often flanking a doorway, or as a decorative detail within an interior around a fireplace
A column that supports an entablature and that is carved into a sculpture of a draped female figure See atlantid