Caryatic Order

An order of architecture wherein the entablature is supported by female figures clothed in long garments, instead of columns. The temple of Polias-Minerva at Priene, Greece.

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Greek Architecture, Caryatids

Source

A Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture and Building (New York: Industrial Book Company, 1913) 38

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