Glossary of Medeival Art and Architecture
pediment:a triangular space above a window or entrance. Originally the triangular space was formed by the end of a gable roof and later was used decoratively.
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Pediment: triangular shaped area of a building which is often the site of relief carving or pedimental sculpture. The pediment is formed by the continuation of the eaves around the gable ...
pediment The triangular end of a gable,or a triangular ornamental element resembling it. In classical architecture, a low-pitched gable above a portico; also a similar feature above doors in homes.
broken pediment - In architecture, a pediment, in which the cornice is discontinuous at the apex or the base.
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Pediment
An ornamental crest running across the top of tall 18th century piece such as a highboy or chest.
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pediment - A wide, low-pitched gable surmounting the façade of a building in the ancient Grecian style. It is formed at the end of a building by the sloping roof and the cornice.
A considerable impediment to a more widespread use of colour in monographs and other publications studying the artof photography is the often prohibitive price of colour reproduction.
frontispiece - illustration preceding and usually facing the title page of a book or magazine; principal front of a building or decorated pediment over a portico or window
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pedestal or figure placed at the three angles of a pediment.
Aedicule
opening, such as door or window, framed by columns, with a pediment; see Classic Greek architecture.
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in clay painted vermilion, as was also the chariot on the pediment of the temple.
Portugal had already been in schism for nine years because the Jesuits, whom King Joseph I considered to be an impediment to his monarchical ambitions, had not been exterminated.
The hero lies dying beneath the frame of a blue curtain, which suggests both a temple pediment and a military tent. On the right are his wife, women servants and little sons; on the left, his soldiers and officers.
Neoclassical artists incorporated classical styles and subjects, including columns, pediments, friezes, and other ornamental schemes in their work.
The antiquities of Herculaneum showed that even the most classicizing interiors of the Baroque, or the most "Roman" rooms of William Kent were based on basilica and temple exterior architecture, turned outside in: pedimented window frames turned ...
Titian's terror makes the Christian images of redemption (that flicker of heavenly gold on the half-dome, the prophetic figures, the vegetation on the stone pediment) anything but reassuring.
In architecture, a porch or walkway with a roof -- either open or partly enclosed -- supported by columns and often with a pediment, usually leading to the entrance of a building.
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perspective, directly behind Christ's head which is shilloeted in the center of the middle opening at the back of the room (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ?) and if you look closely above the center door way you will see an architectural pediment that ...
Tympanum. Vertical triangular space, plain or with relief decoration, between the slopes of a roof and the horizontal cornice of a temple or other building with a pediment.
Only priests were allowed into the inner chambers and the worshippers gathered outside for ceremonial processions. The decorations therefore faced outward, covering the pediments and friezes along each side of the building.
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