A female figure used as a column to support an entablature. Also attributive, as in caryatid figures.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > figures as columns or pilasters > [noun] (4) caryatid1563 A female figure used as a column to support an entablature. Also attributive, as in caryatid figures. atlantes1706 With plural agreement. Figures or half-figures of men used instead of columns to support an entablature. Telamon1706 A figure of a man used as a column to support an entablature or other structure: = Atlas, n.1 1b. Persian1728 Architecture. A male figure, represented in ancient Persian costume, used as a column or pilaster to support an entablature. |
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