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- Atlas_(architecture) abstract "In classical European architecture, an atlas (also known as an atlant, or atlante or atlantid; plural atlantes) is a support sculpted in the form of a man, which may take the place of a column, a pier or a pilaster. The Roman term for such a sculptural support is telamon (plural telamones or telamons).The term atlantes is the Latin plural of the name Atlas – the Titan who was forced to hold the sky on his shoulders for eternity. The alternative term, telamones, also is derived from a later mythological hero, Telamon, one of the Argonauts, who was the father of Ajax. The caryatid is the female precursor of this architectural form in Greece, a woman standing—without effort—in the place of each column or pillar. Caryatids are found at the treasuries at Delphi and the Erechtheion on the Acropolis at Athens for Athene. They usually are in an Ionic context and represented a ritual association with the goddesses worshiped within.Atlantes express extreme effort in their function, heads bent forward to support the weight of the structure above them across their shoulders, forearms often lifted to provide additional support, providing an architectural motif. Atlantes and caryatids were noted by the Roman late Republican architect Vitruvius, whose description of the structures, rather than surviving examples, transmitted the idea of atlantes to the Renaissance architectural vocabulary.".
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- Atlas_(architecture) subject Category:Ancient_Greek_architecture.
- Atlas_(architecture) subject Category:Ancient_Roman_architecture.
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- Atlas_(architecture) subject Category:Classical_architecture.
- Atlas_(architecture) subject Category:Columns_and_entablature.
- Atlas_(architecture) subject Category:Ornaments.
- Atlas_(architecture) subject Category:Sculpture.
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- Atlas_(architecture) comment "In classical European architecture, an atlas (also known as an atlant, or atlante or atlantid; plural atlantes) is a support sculpted in the form of a man, which may take the place of a column, a pier or a pilaster. The Roman term for such a sculptural support is telamon (plural telamones or telamons).The term atlantes is the Latin plural of the name Atlas – the Titan who was forced to hold the sky on his shoulders for eternity.".
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- Atlas_(architecture) label "Telamone (architettura)".
- Atlas_(architecture) label "Атлант (архитектура)".
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