Reviving Eight Figures from the Original Frick Façade

Rebecca Gridley of Art Conservation Group in Long Island City introduces her team’s work on an unexpected aspect of the Frick’s renovation project. Eight caryatids-pillars in the shape of human figures-from the Frick mansion’s original East 70th Street façade are being restored and will be on view in a new space connecting the museum and the Frick Art Reference Library. The group of limestone sculptures has been in storage since the museum’s opening in 1935. Enjoy a sneak peek at the caryatids mid-restoration, a salient example of the many new ways visitors will be able to appreciate the unique history of our buildings.
To learn more about the renovation and enhancement project, visit www.frick.org/....
Producer/Director/Editor: Lisa Goble
Director of Photography: George Koelle
Audio Production: Sean Troxell
Original Music: George Koelle
Production Assistant: Courtlin Byrd
Editorial: Noah Purdy
© 2024 The Frick Collection

[@lordtherapeutics]

What a channel this is!

[@ogieogie]

Beautiful! Great restoration job.

[@gretchenzufall]

Very beautiful restoration!! So excited to see the new/old Frick!

[@helensearle1562]

very exciting!!! so cool!!!

[@CharlesPompilius]

Very interesting video, thank you.

[@haircole]

Doctors of art

[@music_by_carlos]

COOL

[@oltedders]

These are not caryatids. They are herms. Caryatids are full figures carved in the round used as a supporting column. A herm is only the head or torso of a figure atop a square section base. Usually free standing but can replace an engaged colonnette, as these sculptures were originally used. They do not function as a supporting architectural element.

[@Simonjose7258]

Interesting point

[@Carface_Youtube]

Those are herms. Caryatids have limbs. But perhaps they are modern herm statues of caryatids, since herms are traditionally male and caryatids are traditionally female.

[@diannafiorentino7699]

Is difficult to listen WHEN THE MUSIC IS SO LAUGHT