| 单词 | caryatid figures |
| 释义 | > as lemmascaryatid figures A female figure used as a column to support an entablature. Also attributive, as in caryatid figures. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > figures as columns or pilasters > [noun] caryatid1563 atlantes1706 Telamon1706 Persian1728 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Biii Ymages, figured like women..named Cariatides..for pillers. 1679 Confinement, a Poem 9 Alas, the Order solely is, That of the captiv'd Cariatides. 1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece xii. 55 The entablature is supported by women called Caryatides... The Greeks..destroyed Carya, a city..which had favoured the common enemy. They cut off the males, and carried into captivity the women, whom they compelled to retain their former dress..in a state of servitude. 1804 Ann. Rev. 2 351 To place like caryatids our perfection in our supportance. 1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. iii. 38 Caryatid figures. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby III. vii. viii. 156 Caryatides carved in dark oak. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 74 Two great statues, Art And Science, Caryatids, lifted up A weight of emblem. < as lemmas |
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