Instead of charming adaptations and interpretations of the classic spirit, mechanical imitations of Greek and Roman forms appear, and heavy bronze caryatids overweigh and distort the outlines of cabinets and tables.
Figures ofcaryatids and sphinxes take the place of simpler structural supports in tables and stands.
Its tower is a double reproduction of the "Temple of the Winds," one temple on the top of the other: while its interior and its caryatids are modelled on the Erechtheion.
The Caryatids of the Caryatid Porch are by John Bateman of New York.
The caryatids lining off the pink and blue marble panels show a soft flush of pink.
But the night slept, the caryatids slept, standing motionless and supporting the leafy roof.
And, quivering in every nerve, he stepped from behind the caryatids and went towards them, through the rotunda.
The caryatids exhibited a variety of costume and of size and each showed a marked individuality.
He states that one of these tables was originally supported by two rows of seven sculptured caryatids and by a central row of plain columns with flat, square tops.
Horned and winged female caryatids mark off the entablature into garlanded panels.
In harmony also with the theme, the human figure is absent from the sculpture, save in the caryatids of the porches and the groups supporting the tall finials.
The caryatids in pairs of male and female surmounting the balustrade of the sunken garden are merely lamp bearers.
The Great House was carved from blocks of rough pink basalt, the entry guarded by two great caryatids enwrapped in chains of carved metal, set somehow into the surface of the basalt.
The caryatids were patient and blind, their jewel-eyes long vanished under a hotter sun than today's.
And the flesh-mountain appeared, with the two caryatids supporting her.
Then it would collapse, an avalanche would threaten to slide, and the living caryatids would shove and struggle.
The Caryatids repeated throughout this court are the joint work of John Bateman and A.
The same feeling is continued in the caryatids on this building, by John Bateman.
To such an identification the objection may be made that the Caryatids are fully developed forms whereas the Arrephoroi were girls between the ages of seven and eleven (Bekker, Anecdota Graeca, I.
The corresponding entrance of the Pre-Persian joint temple was also used by the Arrephoroi and may have had Caryatids in place of columns.
The Caryatids are called [Greek: korai] in the building inscriptions.
If it was the entrance especially reserved for them, then the Caryatids may very appropriately be regarded as statues of Arrephoroi.
The architrave which the Caryatids (Arrephoroi) carry may be compared with the long chest which the maidens bear on their heads, and the discs on the architrave with the discs which ornament the chest.
To the left, and directly over the town, stands that beautifully decorated little Ionic temple, or combination of temples, with the statelyCaryatids looking inwards and towards the Parthenon.
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