Thread: Buildings with caryatids & atlantes (sculpted human architectural features)
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Old Posted Jul 21, 2011, 2:22 PM
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Ornamental sculpture in general needs to return. Its falling by the wayside is one of the great tragedies of architecture, a truly shameful episode.

Some from Vienna.


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