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==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> File:Pergamon Museum Parts of Inanna temple facade in Uruk 1597.jpg|[[Sumer]]ian façade of the [[Inanna]] Temple of [[Karaindash]], [[Uruk]], {{circa}}1413 BC, overall height: 211 cm, [[Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin]], Germany File:Templo de Ramsés II, Abu Simbel, Egipto, 2022-04-02, DD 62-64 HDR.jpg|First Pillared Hall, with eight [[Osiris|Osiride]] statues of [[Ramsses II]], Temple of Ramsses II, [[Abu Simbel]], Egypt, 13th century BC File:Thelemon in situ - Model of Temple of Zeus - Museo Archeologico Regionale - Agrigento - Italy 2015.JPG|Model of [[Ancient Greek architecture|Ancient Greek]], [[Temple of Olympian Zeus, Agrigento]], [[Sicily]], original 5th century BC, Agrigento museum File:Agrigent Telamon.jpg|Ancient Greek atlas from the [[Temple of Olympian Zeus, Agrigento]], 5th century BC, Agrigento Museum File:TulaSite81.JPG|Colossal [[Toltec Empire|Toltec]] atlantes, [[Tula (Mesoamerican site)|Tula]], [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]], Mexico, {{circa}}900–1100 AD, approximate height: 4.88 m<ref>{{cite book|last1=Robertson|first1=Jean|last2=Hutton|first2=Deborah|title=The History of Art: A Global View: Prehistory to the Present |date=2022|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-02236-8|page=505|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:Atlante, Chichen Itza, Mexique.jpg|[[Ancient Maya art|Maya]] kneeling atlas, 900-1250, limestone, [[Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac|Musée du Quai Branly]], Paris File:Chapiteau mozac atlantes 2.JPG|[[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] [[capital (architecture)|capital]] with atlantes, [[Abbey of Saint-Pierre Mozac]], [[Mozac]], France, {{circa}}11th century File:Odeon of Agrippa Athens agora.jpg|The remains of Triton-shaped atlantes from the [[Odeon of Agrippa]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]] File:Atlantes cathedrale Sainte-Marie Oloron.jpg|Romanesque atlantes in chains at [[Oloron Cathedral]], France, 12th century File:Laon Cathedrale South facade sculptures 02.jpg|[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] atlas on [[Laon Cathedral]], France, 12th-13th centuries File:Palazzo te, appartamento del giardino segreto, cortile e giardino, stucchi con le favole di esopo, la volpe e la cicogna.jpg|[[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] atlantes in the courtyard of the [[Palazzo del Te]], in the suburbs of [[Mantua]], Italy, designed by [[Giulio Romano (painter)|Giulio Romano]], 1524–1534 File:Dijon geants.jpg|Renaissance atlantes in the courtyard of the {{ill|Maison Maillard|fr}}, [[Dijon]], France, attributed to [[Hugues Sambin]], 1561 File:Fontainebleau - Le château - PA00086975 - 077.jpg|Renaissance fireplace with atlantes in the ballroom of the [[Palace of Fontainebleau]], France, unknown architect, unknown date File:Saronno Santuario della Beata Vergine dei Miracoli Esterno Facciata Portale.jpg|[[Mannerism|Mannerist]] atlantes of the [[Santuario della Beata Vergine dei Miracoli]], [[Saronno]], Italy, designed by [[Pellegrino Tibaldi]], 1596-1613 File:Hôtel de Ville (ancien) - Façade sur rue - Portail - Toulon - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APMH00004290.jpg|[[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] atlantes of the Hôtel de Ville doorway, [[Toulon]], France, by [[Pierre Puget]], 1656 File:Titelblad Termes, Supports, et Ornemens, pour embellir les maisons et Jardins Termes des 4 Saisons de l'Année (titel op object) Termes, Supports, et Ornemens, pour embellir les maisons et Jardins (serietitel op object), RP-P-1964-1092.jpg|Baroque designs of [[caryatid]]s (left) and atlantes (right), each symbolizing a season of the year, by [[Jean Le Pautre]], {{circa}}1670–1680, etching on paper File:Andrea brustolon, sedie con etiopi, 1700-15 ca. 09.jpg|Baroque atlantes of an armchair, by [[Andrea Brustolon]], {{circa}}1700-1715, wood and upholstery, [[Ca' Rezzonico]], [[Venice]] File:Herkulen Gartensaal Schloss Schleissheim.jpg|[[Rococo]] atlantes in the [[Schleissheim Palace]], [[Munich]], Germany, probably by [[Joseph Effner]], early 18th century File:Celestiral atlantid - Japanisches Palais, Dresden - DSC08161.JPG|[[Chinoiserie]] atlas of the [[Japanisches Palais]], [[Dresden]], Germany, designed by [[Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann]], [[Zacharias Longuelune]] or [[Jean de Bodt]], 1715-1731 File:Dresden Zwinger Paul Heermann Nr A7 06395 SHoppe2022.jpg|Rococo atlas of the [[Zwinger (Dresden)|Zwinger]], [[Dresden]], Germany, designed by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, 1719<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=William|title=Stone|date=2019|publisher=Phaidon|isbn=978-0-7148-7925-3|page=185|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:Sans Souci 2.jpg|Rococo atlantes at [[Sanssouci]], [[Potsdam]], Germany, by [[Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff]], 1748<ref>{{cite book|last1=Irving|first1=Mark|title=1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die|date=2019|publisher=Cassel Illustrated|isbn=978-1-78840-176-0|page=215|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:München-Altstadt Cuvilliés-Theater 892.jpg|Rococo atlantes in the [[Cuvilliés Theatre]], [[Munich]], Germany, by [[François de Cuvilliés]], 1751–1753<ref>{{cite book|last1=Irving|first1=Mark|title=1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die|date=2019|publisher=Cassel Illustrated|isbn=978-1-78840-176-0|page=217|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:Château de Chantilly-Petit Cabinet-Commode-20120917..jpg|[[Louis XVI style]] altantes on a commode, by [[Jean-Henri Riesener]], 1775, gilt brone, marble top, and various types of wood, [[Musée Condé]], [[Chantilly, Oise|Chantilly]], France<ref>{{cite book|last1=Droth|first1=Martina|last2=Sheriff|first2=Mary D.|last3=Scott|first3=Katie|last4=Hellman|first4=Mimi|last5=Bremer-David|first5=Charissa|title=Taking Shape - finding sculpture in the decorative arts|date=2009|publisher=The Henry Moore Foundation|isbn=978-1-905462-21-6|page=192|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:Atlantes-Saint Petersburg-6.jpg|[[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] atlantes of the New Hermitage, [[Saint-Petersburg]], [[Russia]], designed by [[Leo von Klenze]] and sculpted by [[Alexandre Terebeniov]], 1842—1851 File:Дворец Белосельских-Белозерских Атланты.jpg|[[Rococo Revival]] atlantes on the facade of the [[Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace]], Saint Petersburg, designed by [[Andrei Stackenschneider]], 1847-1848 File:Guillaume Bonnet, Termes de Jupiter et compagnon, horloge du fronton, Lyon, palais du Commerce. Photo, Jamie Mulherron.jpg|[[Baroque Revival architecture|Baroque Revival]] atlantes of the [[Palais de la Bourse, Lyon|Palais de la Bourse]], [[Lyon]], France, designed by [[René Dardel]] and sculpted by [[Jean-Marie Bonnassieux]], 1854-1860 File:Joseph-Hugues Fabisch, Termes de Minerve et Mercure. 1863. Lyon, 38 rue Président Edouard-Herriot. (Photo) Jamie Mulherron.jpg|Neoclassical atlas of [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] and a caryatid of [[Minerva]] of [[Rue Édouard-Herriot]] no. 39, Lyon, sculpted by [[Joseph-Hugues Fabisch]], 1863 File:Place d'Estienne d'Orves, 2.jpg|Neoclassical atlantes of [[Place d'Estienne-d'Orves]] no. 2, Paris, sculptor [[Joseph Caillé]] and architect Ch. Forest, 1866 File:Atlantid, Wayne Co. Ct House, Wooster, OH, USA.jpg|[[Second Empire style]] Atlantid at the [[Wayne County Courthouse District|Wayne County Courthouse]], [[Wooster, Ohio|Wooster]], [[Ohio]], [[United States]]. Unknown sculptor, architect Thomas Boyd, circa 1887-89. File:Palatul domnitorului Alexandru Ioan Cuza (azi Muzeul „Unirii” - Complexul Național Muzeal Moldova) (2).jpg|Baroque Revival atlases on the Catargiu House, today the Union Museum, [[Iași]], [[Romania]], unknown architect, {{circa}}1880 File:Atlantid angels at the Cathedral of Saint Peter of Alcântara in Petropolis, Brazil.jpg|[[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] angel atlantes on the [[Cathedral of Saint Peter of Alcantara]], [[Petrópolis]], Brazil, designed by [[Francisco Caminhoá]], 1884–1925 File:Entrée monumentale 15 rue du Louvre.jpg|[[Beaux Arts architecture|Beaux Arts]] atlantes at a monumental entrance in Paris, unknown architect and sculptor, {{circa}}1900 File:Siebensterngasse 4-6.jpg|[[Rococo Revival]] atlantes of [[Siebensterngasse]] no. 4-6, [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], unknown architect and sculptor, {{circa}}1900 File:Le Bibent - panoramio (1).jpg|Beaux Arts atlantes in the [[Café Bibent]] ([[Place du Capitole (Toulouse)|Place du Capitole]] no. 5), [[Toulouse]], France, 1900-1910<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00094496|website=pop.culture.gouv.fr|title=Café Bibent|access-date=28 November 2023}}</ref> File:Paris 75004 Rue de Rivoli 20160903 Atlantes.jpg|Beaux Arts atlantes of [[Rue de Rivoli]] no. 45, Paris, designed by A. Garriguenc, 1905 File:6, Kniazia Romana Street, Lviv-1.jpg|Gothic Revival atlantes on Kniazia Romana Street no. 6, [[Lviv]], [[Ukraine]], designed by [[Adolf Piller]] and [[Roman Volpel]], 1913 File:Grave of the colonel Paul Străjescu Family in the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania (01).jpg|[[Art Deco]] atlantes of the Grave of the Străjescu Family in the [[Bellu Cemetery]], [[Bucharest]], Romania, by George Cristinel, 1934<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=79|url=|language=Romanian, English}}</ref> File:Galerie de Florence de Voldère à Paris 2.JPG|[[Postmodern architecture|Postmodern]] atlantes of the [[Florence de Voldère]] art gallery ([[Avenue Matignon]] no. 34), Paris, [[Jean-Jacques Fernier]], 1998<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pss-archi.eu/immeubles/FR-75056-49551.html|website=www.pss-archi.eu|title=34, avenue Matignon|access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref> </gallery>
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