A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.
A supporting member, serving the function of a pier, column, or pilaster, and carved or molded in the form of a draped human female figure.
Column with the form of a draped female figure.
A sculpted female figure that also functions as an architectural support.
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.
sculpted female figure used in place of a column to support an entablature; a male figure is a telamon
A draped female human figure used as a sculptural column or pier, often flanking a doorway, or used as a decorative detail, especially on fireplaces.
A sculptured female figure used in place of a column or pillar.
a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
a column in the shape of a woman
a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element such as a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on its head
a sculptured female figure used as a column to support an entablature or similar element
a draped dudette figure suppo'tin' an entablature.
Female figure used as a support, as in architecture, or in a handle.
a draped female figure supportin' an entablature.
strictly, a sculptured female figure used as a column to support a dial, etc. It can be used more loosely for other human figures, e.g. Atlantes (male caryatids), Herms (three-quarter-length figures), and Terms (tapering columns merging at the top into human, animal or mythical figures).
a woman-shaped column. This is part of Renaissance decoration, not of Gothic
Strictly a female figure used as a support in place of a column, but frequently used to describe a figure of either sex
Sculpture of human or mythological figure used as structural support.
A column in the form of a female figure. The best known ones are those in the Erechtheum on the Acropolis.
A Classical upright female figure used as "supporting" decoration. The term is often incorrectly applied to the male equivalent, which, however, is correctly called an Atlantis.
Support shaped like a female figure.
Correct term for carved female figures or half-figures supporting an entablature instead of columns. See also Atlantes.
A caryatid (also spelt Karyatid), is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.