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Archit.a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex. See illus. under pediment.
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broken pediment — noun : a pediment frequent in the baroque style having a gap at the apex (as for a statue or vase) * * * Archit. a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex. See illus. under pediment … Useful english dictionary
broken pediment — In architecture, a pediment, in which the cornice is discontinuous at the apex or the base … Glossary of Art Terms
Pediment — The upper part of the Greek National Academy building in Athens, showing the pediment with sculptures This article is about the architectural element. For the landform, see Pediment (geology). A pediment is a classical architectural element… … Wikipedia
pediment — pedimental /ped euh men tl/, adj. pedimented /ped euh men tid, meuhn /, adj. /ped euh meuhnt/, n. 1. (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall … Universalium
Pediment — Ped i*ment, n. [L. pes, pedis, a foot. See {Foot}.] (Arch.) Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pediment — A common element of Greco Roman architecture, a pediment is the triangular area on the façade of a temple formed by the slopes of its pitched roof. Greco Roman pediments were usually filled with sculpture reliefs that illustrate the myths of… … Dictionary of Renaissance art
swan's neck pediment — Archit., Furniture. a broken pediment, the outline of which consists of a pair of S curves tangent to the cornice level at the ends of the pediment, rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the… … Universalium
swan's neck pediment — Archit., Furniture. a broken pediment, the outline of which consists of a pair of S curves tangent to the cornice level at the ends of the pediment, rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the… … Useful english dictionary
scroll pediment — noun : a broken pediment with raking cornices in the form of reverse curves … Useful english dictionary
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