Atlantes

atlantes: male sculptured figures used as supports.
atrium: (1) the inner court of a Roman house, open to the sky; (2) an open court in front of an Early Christian church.

Caryatid / Atlantes
- a sculptured female figure used as a column, the male equivalent is "Atlantes" (plural of Atlas who carried the world on his shoulders).

amphiprostyle, amphistylar, ancon or ancone, annulet, anta, antefix, anthemion, apophyge or hypophyge, apse or apsis, apteral, arcade, arcature, arch, architrave, archivolt, arcuation, arris, articulation, astragal, atlas (plural atlantes) or telamon, ...

Female figures supporting an entablature; their male counterparts are Atlantes.CasemateVaulted chamber, with embrasures (splayed openings) for defence, within a castle wall or projecting from it.CasementSide-hinged window.

It can include statues, keystones, gargoyles, pediments, caryatids and atlantes, figures or designs on spandrels and tympana, cornices, brackets, columns and capitals, frieze panels and decorative bricks.

See also: Caryatid, Classical, Entablature, Caryatids, Ornament