Allegorical Caryatid
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Allegorical Caryatid
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Published 2017-07-19T15:23:50+00:00
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A caryatid 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. The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town of Peloponnese. Karyai had a famous temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: "As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants".
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Technical Information
| Date published | 19/07/2017 |
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| Title | Allegorical Caryatid |
| Date | 1318-1319 |
| Period | Gothic |
| Medium | marble |
| Artist | Tino di Camaino |
| Place | National Museum of Bargello |
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