10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARYATIDAL»
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1
Illustrations of Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire: In a Series ...
Marylebone Church has one very peculiar error in addition to the usual one of
Pagan-Portico commencement — it is the caryatidal principle, of barbarous origin
. At the base of the dome, the summit of the roof tower, there is a large cornice ...
George Robert Lewis, Guillaume Durand, 1842
2
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The circles also stand for the kinship group, the clan, and the tribe.46 The dome
of heaven rests on the quarters of the earth, sometimes supported by four
caryatidal kings, dwarfs, giants, elephants, or turtles. Hence, the traditional
importance ...
3
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, with a New Atlas of ...
... H 60, prepared by the reduction of carvone'lry robromrde. It is an oil which boils
at 228° C. caryatidal (kar-i-at'i-dal), a. Having the characteristics of a caryatid: as,
a caryatidal figure or statue. caryatidic (kar i-a-tid'ik), a. Same as *caryatidal.
On those flowers and fruit, and on those more ambitious works the Caryatidal
figures, which adorn the stalls, the different thrones or chief seats, and the organ
gallery, we recognise the unmistakeable impress of the hand of genius: these
can ...
5
Knight's Cyclopædia of London, 1851
On those flowers and fruit, and ou those more ambitious works, the Caryatidal
figures, which adorn the stalls, the different thrones or chief seats, and the organ
gallery, we recognise the unmistakeable impress of the hand of genius : these
can ...
6
Abbeys, castles and ancient balls of England and Wales, ...
The chief attraction of this room, however, was the tabernacle oak mantel-piece,
consisting of six Corinthian columns supporting a pediment, the
intercolumniations being filled with grotesque devices, and the whole supported
by two caryatidal ...
John Timbs, Alexander Gunn, 1872
7
Haunted Houses: Tales of the Supernatural, with Some Account ...
You approach it through an archway in a highly elaborate gatehouse, bearing the
royal arms flanked with strange caryatidal figures, and then perceive before you a
great red-brick building with two projecting gabled wings, and a recessed ...
Charles George Harper, 1907
8
Anecdote Lives of William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, ...
It was next inhabited by his son. The house was taken by the Duke of
Cumberland, "the hero of Culloden," in 1760. The bas-relief of Painting over the
central door was set up by Astley, the painter : of the caryatidal figures supporting
the portico ...
This is supported by caryatidal female figures, an exceedingly striking and
expressive architectural feature. The origin of the use of such figures is attributed,
with great probability of correctness, to the custom that prevailed among the
Athenian ...
10
Nettleton's Guide to Plymouth ... and to the neighbouring ...
... is the Italian Garden, characterised by all the peculiarities of the style whence
its name is derived, viz. the central fountain with its caryatidal vase of marble;
regular walks, diverging therefrom; an orangery of Palladian design, opposed by
a ...
George WIGHTWICK (Architect.), 1836
