#karyatids

Masayuki Murai (Japanese, 1947) - Eternity (2021)

" Karyatids "...

Caryatid in many interpretations have been given. The convincing argues that constituted the monorail monument of the tomb of the legendary cecrops, kekrópeio, which was directly under it. Were the choephori attributed by values to a fallen hero-King with the bottles (shallow vessels for libations) holding in his hand, as we know from ancient copies of them. The Replacement Apollo with statues of women was known in Greek architecture from the archaic already era (7th-6th century, for example.). The statues of the erechtheion building inscription in the temple called just daughters. Was given the name caryatid in later years because they were associated with an attic myth for the young girls from the pecans of laconia. [Photo: Anonymous, purr. 1895-1915, ECR RIJKSMUSEUM] Many interpretations have been advanced concerning the Karyatids. The most convincing holds that they represent an above-ground monument for the tomb of mythical Kekrops, the Kekropeion, which was located directly below. They were choephoroi, dedicants that offered libations to the dead hero-king using the phialai (shallow libation vessels) they once held in their hands, as we know from the ancient copies of these statues. The substitution of columns with statues of women was a practice known in Greek architecture already from the Archaic period (7th–6th cents. BC). The Erechtheion’s statues are simply called Korai (maidens) in the temple’s building inscription. The name “Karyatids” was given to them in later years, when they became associated with an Attic myth about the girls of Karyai in Lakonia. [photograph: Anonymous, c. 1895 - c. 1915, Rijksmuseum collection]

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