Cariatyde

The title Caryatid is a symbolic homage for women as the pillars of society.

Caryatid is since Ancient Greece, a female sculpture being used to support building, in replacement of columns and pillars. Caryatids are still decorate the Acropolis of Athens today. Caryatids, these decorative elements of construction, these anthropomorphic architectures, make a link between the human body and the building. “To divert materials, to make them out of context, to give them the state of sculpture” said the artist.

More high that one man and as long as one foot, the Caryatids of Iseult Labote are unusual sculptures, made of regular layers, positioned according to a strict rhythm. In their height, the sculptures of the artist are the transposition of the famous Modulor by Le Corbusier. Worked out in 1945, this module allows the architect to establish specific architectural, based on size average of one man. Heights of ceiling, table or chair are standardized and must respect a structured schem. (see the following pages).

Each square composing the sculpture Caryatid has the specific size according to the Modulor.
The total height of sulpture of 226 cm, corresponds to the ideal height of the ceiling according to Le Corbusier.

In their width, the regular layers obey to the rule of measurement of the foot, that is to say 30 cm, which constitute one of the oldest standardized measurements of the history. It would go back to the 3rd millenium before Jésus Christ. With Caryatids, Iseult Labote puts in link the traditions of old architectural measurements, with the modern architecture incarnated by Le Corbusier.