Mastodawn

A multifunctional building in #Zurich, overall looking like a boring box. However, some of the precast #concrete #facade panels are shaped like #caryatids! In theory a great idea: using precasting, one could create sculptural, durable and cheap ornamental elements, exactly what I would love to see!
But why like this? Why are there no heads? Why aren't the caryatids carrying anything? Why is there no roof to protect them from rainwater? A missed opportunity. 2000 #architecture #facade

This Is My Glasgow Sep 9, 2025

Caryatids created by John Mossman in 1877 for James Sellars neoclassical St Andrew's Halls on Granville Street in Glasgow.

#glasgow #sculpture #architecture #architecturephotography #caryatids #mitchelllibrary

PrettyBuildings Mar 1, 2025

#Caryatids on Palazzo Albini in #Rome ornate a wonderful balcony door. #architecture #ornaments

PrettyBuildings Feb 22, 2025

#Caryatids on the #facade of the Credit Suisse building in #Zurich. #architecture #ornaments

Cornovia Postcards (Old)Aug 19, 2024

Caryatides, Acropole, Athènes, c.1904 - CPA

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#Athènes #Athens #Acropolis #Caryatids #CartesPostalesAnciennes #Postcard #Postcards

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StockbridgeArch Aug 5, 2024

Ahhh, Edinburgh. August. A mobile AirBnB? That’s one way round the regulations……. #edinburghfestival #caryatids

This Is My Glasgow Jun 13, 2024

How's this for an impressive doorway? I particularly like the caryatids on the pilasters flanking the door itself as well as the Thomsonesque style roundels above it. The stained glass is pretty good too! In the Hyndland area of Glasgow, it was built in the 1870s.

#glasgow #architecture #door #doorway #hyndland #glasgowbuilding #caryatids

Conservateurs Oct 2, 2023

"Dresser (Dressoir aux harpies)" ca. 1570–90, and 19th century
Dept: Robert Lehman Collection
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
1975.1.2034
Medium: Carved walnut with interior elements of oak, pine; iron locks and hinges.
#museumbot #metmuseum #masks #caryatids #grotesques
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/460640

Dresser (Dressoir aux harpies) | French (Ile-de-France or Burgundo-Lyonnais) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The platform, sections of the carved harpy-shaped term support, and the framing of the four back panels of the lower part have been replaced, most likely following the original design. Further restorations were made to the upper cabinet, such as major parts of the dentils and the rear caryatid on the left side

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rome archaeology and stuff May 7, 2023

#caryatids from the villa of #hadrian and herodes atticus #rome #archaeology

This Is My Glasgow Mar 20, 2023

The eight caryatids on the main facade of the former St Andrew's Halls (now part of the Mitchell Library) on Granville Street in Glasgow. Sculpted in the 1870s by legendary Glasgow sculptor John Mossman.

#glasgow #mitchelllibrary #glasgowbuildings #glasgowarchitecture #sculptures #johnmossman #buildings #listedbuilding #architecture #glasgowhistory #buildingphotography #architecturephotography #caryatids