The Ten Books on Architecture

An engraving with high contrast shows an architectural interior. Specifically, it is the Room of the Caryatids in the Louvre. Four large stone statues of women, known as caryatids, wear classical dress. They stand on individual pedestals. These figures act as pillars to support a heavily decorated gallery or platform called a tribune. The floor features a large black and white checkered pattern. Above the tribune, a massive curved barrel vault ceiling is visible. There is a small rectangular window in the center of the arch. In the background, a dark doorway or passage sits behind the statues.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE I.

The Illustration of the four Caryatids shown here is taken from the Hall of the Swiss Guards original: "Salle des Gardes Suisses" in the Louvre. These are Statues twelve feet high which support a Tribune A raised gallery or platform. enriched with very neatly carved ornaments. This work is by J. Goujon, Architect and Sculptor to Henry II.