Caryatid Gallery

Ancient Greek ornamental architecture and sculpture, (1898). Creator: Unknown

Ancient Greek ornamental architecture and sculpture, (1898). Fig. I. Doric capital from Paestum (with painted ornaments). Fig 2: Jonic [Ionic] capital from the Erechtheium [Erechtheion] on the Acropolis of Athens. Fig 3: Corinthian capital from the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates at Athens. Fig 4: Caryatide from the Erechtheium. Figs 5 and 6: Acroteria from stelae (sepulchral columns), Paris. Figs 7-9: Anthemia-decorations. Figs 10 and 11: Griffins. Fragments of freezes. Figs 12 and 13. Legs of marble-tables in the National Museum at Naples. Figs 15 and 16: Legs of marble-tables in the National Museum in the British Museum at London'. Plate 4 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

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Caryatid stool supported by a depiction of a matrilineal ancestor, her seated posture

Caryatid stool supported by a depiction of a matrilineal ancestor, her seated posture with hands behind the ears indicates mourning, reminding the living of the necessity of sacrifices to the dead. Imported brass furniture studs were often used to decorate prestige Chokwe carvings. Country of Origin: Angola / Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Africa. Culture: Chokwe. Date/Period: 19th-20th C. Place of Origin: Northern Angola / Southwest Congo. Material Size: Wood, brass studs. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive / Courtesy Entwistle Gallery, London. Location: 02

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