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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.
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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
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
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Willimon had the rock formally installed on a pedestal atop the Hill ahead of the 1966 Virginia game.—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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Consider trailing your vines from a Space Age-leaning, high gloss pedestal.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.—
Miami Herald Staff Reports,
Miami Herald,
9 Nov. 2025
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This loss is in Frank’s column, to be fair.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Collectible design platform was founded in Brussels in 2018 and gained recognition for its finesse in linking pillars of design, art and fashion.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
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Bordered by antique wood pillar columns, the custom wood and glass front doors lead into a rotunda foyer displaying dark polished hardwood floors that run throughout the interiors.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In the end, Laffrey, whose Broadway credits include Maybe Happy Ending and Parade, settled for using an iPhone app to record the size of pilasters and mullioned mirrors.—
Carey Purcell,
Architectural Digest,
27 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Caryatid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caryatid. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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