caryatid

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Recent Examples of caryatid The site includes a central area with a cross vault and large caryatids with baskets, a large niche with a rocky backdrop and fountain, and three arms. Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2025 Best of all are the caryatids of the St. Pancras New Church, four toga-wearing terra-cotta ladies who bear part of the roof, austerely holding the gaze of passengers on the top level of the No. 30 bus. Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025 In a quiet section of Paris, in the 13th Arrondissement, a large building with recessed columns, Romanesque windows, and caryatids preserves an ancient art. Peter Saenger, airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024 The Greek key patterns inscribed on the floors of tenement bathrooms are repurposed as part of an architectural frieze, and Woodman’s friends—Rankin among them—are transformed into towering caryatids. Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024 Sometimes a caryatid has been compared to the unseen slave who carried society’s burdens. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023 Her inaugural works for the Met’s façade—a set of four female bronze caryatids, larger than life and stylized in the tradition of high-ranking African women—challenge the institution’s own history of Eurocentrism and patriarchy. Time Staff, Time, 20 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caryatid
Noun
  • Caution about putting an authority figure on a pedestal.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Turn a planter into a pedestal for a pumpkin to create a simple fall display outside.
    Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The structure itself is composed of two intersecting, circular forms, each 36 m (118 ft) wide, and elevated on slender steel columns.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
  • New England improved to 5-2 on the year and are one up in the win column over the Buffalo Bills for the lead in the AFC East.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Stretching from pillar to pillar, the sculptural element blends the analog with the digital.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Fasting, which is one of the five pillars of Islam, is a vital part of Ramadan, the holy period that marks the month when Muslims believe the angel Gabriel first revealed the Quran, Islam’s central religious text, to the Prophet Muhammad.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • But entering via the Park Avenue lobby, with its walls and pilasters of Rockwood stone, still feels like a moment.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2025

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“Caryatid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caryatid. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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