Boulevard Saint-Michel - Paris, France
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Boulevard Saint-Michel - Paris, France
Boulevard Saint-Michel - Paris, France
The porch of the Caryatids in the Erechtheion on the Acropolis in Athens
Caryatids inside Rundāle Palace (1764 - 1768)
Situated at Pilsrundāle, Semigallia region, 12 km west of Bauska, Latvia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rund%C4%81le_Palace / de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyatide
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryatid
Caryatids inside Rundāle Palace (1764 - 1768)
Situated at Pilsrundāle, Semigallia region, 12 km west of Bauska, Latvia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rund%C4%81le_Palace / de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyatide
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryatid
Iglesia de Santa María de Bareyo en Cantabria (Spain) es un monumento del siglo XII que conserva un ábside semicircular y un interesante interior románico.
El presbiterio contiene en la parte superior siete arcos, siendo los tres de la derecha peraltados y más estrechos, un curioso personaje masculino con vestido policromado de la época permanece junto a una columna (a modo de cariátide).
La arcada inferior está compuesta de cinco arcos ciegos con representación de varias cabezas como único tema que da lugar a diversas interpretaciones.
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The Church of Santa María de Bareyo in Cantabria (Spain) is a 12th-century monument that preserves a semicircular apse and an interesting Romanesque interior.
The presbytery contains seven arches in the upper part, the three on the right being raised and narrower, a curious male figure in a polychrome dress of the period stands next to a column (like a caryatid).
The lower arcade is composed of five blind arches with the representation of several heads as the only theme that gives rise to various interpretations.
Closeup of a winged horse/caryatid on a Fourth Style fresco representing a shrine supported by gilded columns. At the bottom is a predella depicting a Nereid on a marine bull and a Triton.
Roman, from Herculaneum, ca. 45-79 CE.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN inv. 8865)
1957.357 late 500s possibly from Xiangtangshan, Northern Qi dynasty. limestone 28 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.)
This squatting monster with claws on its knees, braces its shoulders against an overhanging molding. The half-human, half-animal creature was likely part of a Buddhist cave-temple complex at Xiangtangshan, in Hebei Province, northwest China. Found in the lower registers of stone monuments of either architectural structures or statues of Buddhist deities, such monsters had a supportive function. Their scary appearance was believed to keep evil spirits away from the sacred sites.
1957.357 late 500s possibly from Xiangtangshan, Northern Qi dynasty. limestone 28 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.)
This squatting monster with claws on its knees, braces its shoulders against an overhanging molding. The half-human, half-animal creature was likely part of a Buddhist cave-temple complex at Xiangtangshan, in Hebei Province, northwest China. Found in the lower registers of stone monuments of either architectural structures or statues of Buddhist deities, such monsters had a supportive function. Their scary appearance was believed to keep evil spirits away from the sacred sites.
1957.357 late 500s possibly from Xiangtangshan, Northern Qi dynasty. limestone 28 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.)
This squatting monster with claws on its knees, braces its shoulders against an overhanging molding. The half-human, half-animal creature was likely part of a Buddhist cave-temple complex at Xiangtangshan, in Hebei Province, northwest China. Found in the lower registers of stone monuments of either architectural structures or statues of Buddhist deities, such monsters had a supportive function. Their scary appearance was believed to keep evil spirits away from the sacred sites.
1957.357 late 500s possibly from Xiangtangshan, Northern Qi dynasty. limestone 28 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.)
This squatting monster with claws on its knees, braces its shoulders against an overhanging molding. The half-human, half-animal creature was likely part of a Buddhist cave-temple complex at Xiangtangshan, in Hebei Province, northwest China. Found in the lower registers of stone monuments of either architectural structures or statues of Buddhist deities, such monsters had a supportive function. Their scary appearance was believed to keep evil spirits away from the sacred sites.
1957.357 late 500s possibly from Xiangtangshan, Northern Qi dynasty. limestone 28 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.)
This squatting monster with claws on its knees, braces its shoulders against an overhanging molding. The half-human, half-animal creature was likely part of a Buddhist cave-temple complex at Xiangtangshan, in Hebei Province, northwest China. Found in the lower registers of stone monuments of either architectural structures or statues of Buddhist deities, such monsters had a supportive function. Their scary appearance was believed to keep evil spirits away from the sacred sites.
The Louvre - Paris, France
