| 单词 | pediment |
| 例句 | Ahead of them a sloping lawn rose directly out of the floodwater and led smoothly up to the white facade of the house, the columns and the pediment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the style of column, or the pediment, or the proportions of the windows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Roughly halfway along the front there was a wide row of steps, surmounted by a portico where classical columns supported a pediment….Was that a figure among the columns? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I went on up the steps, then stopped under the pediment, out of the rain, to watch the group make its way to the car. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They chose a uniform style, neoclassical, meaning the buildings would have columns and pediments and evoke the glories of ancient Rome. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When the building was expanded in the 1960s, no one wanted to pay for the pediment’s dismantling and removal. Antiques: Madison Square Presbyterian Church Fragments Found 2011-12-01T22:39:26Z Successive Greek governments have lobbied for the return of the British Museum’s share of the works, which include statues from the Parthenon’s pediments — the all-marble building’s gables. Greece hopes marble foot will get UK to return sculptures 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z A pediment at the top is enigmatically marked with two numbers, “37” and “12.” Nicolas Moufarrege Was a Student of Art History. This Work Shows It. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Ostensibly a “celebration of the classical tradition,” in the words of the ICAA, the awards aren’t all about pediments and pilasters. Recognizing Design That is Both Classical and Innovative 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Both husband and wife grew up on the East Coast amid crisp pediments and paneled doors, so historicist architecture is inscribed into their DNA. Miles Redd's Latest Project Features A Paired-Down Palette 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z I love the formal quality of his pictures — the way they draw my eye to the windows and the rooflines, the arches and the pediments. Showtime, Suspended 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z So was the Apotheosis of Democracy pediment over the entrance to the House of Representatives on the U.S. In the Bronx, finding hidden ties to Washington 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Classical pediments and Corinthian columns were an architectural language as much at the disposal of those who resisted Rome as it was the basic design vocabulary of the Roman capital. Review | ‘The World Between Empires’ helps dismantle the myths of Rome 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z At the fair, the booth of his dealer, Chris Byrne, from Dallas, is all but filled by a model of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, replete with pediment murals. Outsider Art of the Moment: 66 Exhibitors, 7 Countries, 1 Fair 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Deeply poetic with its immense hemisphere ensconced in a pediment large enough to accommodate thousands, Boullée’s visionary project, remarkably enough, influenced other architects. Art Review: At the Louvre, Vivid and Varied Imaginings of Antiquity 2010-12-03T16:11:00Z In some respects it is strictly geometric, with its pillars and pilasters, symmetrical arrangements and broad, triangular pediments. Exhibition Review: National Design That?s Hidden in Plain Sight 2011-06-13T22:41:43Z His whimsical design for the Disney studios in Burbank, Calif., included a heavy-lifting crew of the Seven Dwarfs from “Snow White” functioning as columns, supporting the building’s pediment. Michael Graves, innovative architect and designer, dies at 80 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z He started with a loosely subdivided architectural scaffolding, often with a peaked roof or a pediment; houses, circus wagons, Mardi Gras floats and prisons come to mind. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z In their place, Vinewood’s entryway adopted a simpler pediment top, rectangular sidelights, and an unadorned transom―all of which changed it from Greek Revival into more of a Colonial style. The House Next Door 2010-10-21T15:14:00Z Although most of their iconic commissions, such as the New York Public Library lions and the pediment over the New York Stock Exchange, were local, Washingtonians pass Piccirilli carvings all the time. In the Bronx, finding hidden ties to Washington 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z At an antiques store he frequented in Marin County, Calif., he happened upon a large, cast-iron window frame, rescued from a demolished Paris building, that was as classical as it gets: pediment, pilasters and all. Possessed: How Restoration Hardware Went Classical 2012-01-07T00:18:11Z The bad news, Ms. Tunick said, is that the Metropolitan Museum of Art destroyed a Madison Square pediment with angels. Antiques: Madison Square Presbyterian Church Fragments Found 2011-12-01T22:39:26Z Its templelike facade, with a stone pediment and columns, is so stately that from across the street I almost mistook it for a colonial seat of legislature like Federal Hall on Wall Street. A Tourist’s Guide to Catholic New York 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Its Corinthian columns have elephant motifs carved into their wooden pediments; the color scheme is drawn from the Royal Thai costume, but the tapestries and artworks are all by contemporary local artists. Bangkok’s River of Kings 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z At the same time, fan windows, broken pediments and occasional ornamentation can become fanciful, resembling some of the decorative furniture on display. Exhibition Review: National Design That?s Hidden in Plain Sight 2011-06-13T22:41:43Z The participants in this workshop for ages 6 through 12 will deal with cardboard, foam and corrugated paper, but they’ll still emulate the classical forms that he did: domes, arches, columns and pediments. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Turn around, and you see a triangle of similar size and lightness: the white pediment of carved stone above the entrance door. Perspective | Seeing Tintoretto in Venice is very nice. But so is seeing his works in a well-lit museum. 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Baroque buildings were characterised by curves, domes, broken pediments and a gloriously inventive play on classical detailing. Borromini: the first architect 2011-02-05T00:05:30Z A pediment is fit with a triangular ivory relief that must have adorned a miniature temple during ancient times. With a Centerpiece Like This, Who Needed Cake? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The buildings may be crumbling, their vaulted ceilings open to the sky, their cornices and pediments chipped, their floors cluttered with overturned statues and columns, but life itself hasn’t fled the scene. Hubert Robert, the painter for the ‘don’t go there, live there’ crowd 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z It was replaced with a paneled wood door with expansive sidelights and a pediment with a curved top, meant to mirror the eyebrow window above. A Narnia-Inspired Design, on Long Island 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z There is a wide range of images: a pediment, a rooster, a watermelon, a house and palm tree, the image of Christ on the cross overlaid with a telephone pole. Decoding Robert Rauschenberg 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The sculptures — 17 figures from the building’s pediments and part of the frieze — have been the subject of a long dispute between Britain and Greece, which has renewed its bid to bring the marbles home. Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z A pediment, as it were, split too far. In praise of ? Castle Drogo 2011-02-17T00:01:05Z Easy to carve and freely split in any direction without shattering, the stone was commonly used throughout Virginia for pediments, quoins and other decorative details in 18th-century houses and churches. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Who can leave this exhibition, look back at that building’s columns, broken pediments, fan windows and simple geometries and not begin to see what was once unseen? Exhibition Review: National Design That?s Hidden in Plain Sight 2011-06-13T22:41:43Z To this end, the shop is arranged like a chic apartment, down to the architectural pediments that mimic those in Paltrow’s own home. A sneak peek at Goop’s new pop-up shop in Dallas 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Biden loves holiday lights and is the first to place a large illuminated wreath atop the pediment of the North Portico. Jill Biden’s first White House Christmas brings back a warmer, simpler vibe 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The sky turns out to be a reflection on the glassy water that covers the pediments, streets, parks, and entrances of an entire metropolis. Josh Kline: Living in the Ruined World 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Among the terra-cottas is the most complete Roman frieze of its kind from a temple pediment from the mid-second century B.C. Review: The Face of Captive Greece in Rome 2010-08-13T15:41:00Z An air of old-world romance similarly defines the structure’s exterior—embellished with green shutters and rustic pediments. Extraordinary Homes for Sale Around the World 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Unfortunately for the cause of intelligent discourse, his statement was erected upon a pediment of lies. Column: COVID lockdowns saved millions of lives — so of course Ron DeSantis is mad about them 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Men heap basketfuls of human knowledge and spiritual endeavor onto a smoking fire, while in the background classical columns, arches and pediments define the surrounding architecture as distinctly of the Renaissance. Perspective | Learning an old lesson from the Tudors: Grifters gonna grift 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Successive Greek governments have lobbied for the return of the British Museum’s share of the works, which include statues from the Parthenon’s pediments - the all-marble building’s gables. British Museum reportedly in talks on Parthenon Sculptures 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z On the pediment, they are on the same line as the date. Perspective | A real Roman mystery is carved into the stone at Arlington National Cemetery 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Well what about the pediment and the pilasters? Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z A view shows the pediment of the U.S. Analysis: Biden's Supreme Court losses prompt more 'shadow docket' scrutiny 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z When they excavated the mound, they found a buried, square pediment with staircases on its east and west side. How One Looted Artifact Tells the Story of Modern Afghanistan 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z On Sol 2696, Curiosity completed its steepest drive of the mission as it ascended the sandy slope below the Greenheugh pediment, a broad flat surface capped by a sandstone layer. Nasa's Curiosity rover: 3,000 days on Mars 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z On June 20, protesters lassoed the statue with ropes, heaved and hoed, and down came Key, somersaulting off the pediment, head o’er heels. It's time to cancel 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' Here's what should replace it 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z I searched online and found that you can buy the various components that make up the pediment. Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Eventually, the British coat of arms was pulled off a courthouse as well, a stone pediment with the same symbol destroyed and the king’s portrait set on fire. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z As a result, the intricate decorative work of the pediment, made with stacked slabs of schist, had been covered up and preserved, allowing them to faithfully restore the rest of the monument. How One Looted Artifact Tells the Story of Modern Afghanistan 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. Mattis 'angry and appalled’ as he unloads on Trump, says president ‘does not try to unite the American people' 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z What it did have, worked over every inch, from entablature to pediment to inset pillar, were raptures of baked brick, creating a varied and intricate surface laden with symbolism. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Still, I wept inside as the old pediment was chiseled off the house. Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z At 6 p.m., the new crew came in through the colonnade, under the pediment with massive carved stone figures representing science, industry, agriculture and mining. How Big Businesses Get a ‘Deep Clean’ 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z They dressed their new republic in the architecture of Greece and Rome, asserting its legitimacy with pillars and pediments. Opinion | What’s So Great About Fake Roman Temples? 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The building is beloved even though it “doesn’t have a pediment and columns around it.” Critics aghast at proposal to make classical America's 'default' architectural style 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z There’s no identifying signage, only a fancy Beaux Arts pediment over the door. Art-hopping in L.A.'s Arlington Heights: A guide to a less-beaten gallery path 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z I was even more rankled that none of the replacement options were as deep as our original pediment. Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Beyond the broken pediment front door and columned front porch lie nearly 5,000 square feet of living space. Hot Property Newsletter: Each new homeowner adds a fresh chapter 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z On each of its four identical sides, flights of stone steps lead up to porticos topped with pediments, which look out across a rolling landscape of vineyards, olive groves and villages perched on distant hills. House of Palestine: the architectural wonder built by a West Bank oil tycoon 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The statue, like many others across the South, depicts a generic Confederate soldier atop a pediment. Florida city votes money to move Confederate soldier statue 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Inga Saffron, the architecture critic of The Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote in 2009 that “as less talented architects appropriated” historical elements, America’s highways became lined with “a kitsch-scape of pediments, gables and arches.” Robert Venturi, Architect Who Rejected Modernism, Dies at 93 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Until we had to replace our pediment and pilasters, I didn’t know what they were. Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z “Column pediment. Huge old-fashioned telephone, for a guy who was retiring from A.T. & T.” What “The Godfather” and “Sex and the City” Have in Common 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The Virgin Mary with the Christ child is atop the main pediment facing the Grand Canal. Falling in love with Venice, Italy 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Independence Square is dominated by a 1933 redbrick courthouse with classical pediment and columns beneath a clock tower and weather vane, surrounded by impeccably cut grass. Independence, Missouri: Truman’s home comes to terms with Trump 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z After the arguments, he and his family posed for photos on the front steps of the court beneath the phrase “Equal Justice Under Law” etched into the pediment. Rod Rosenstein puts aside Russia probe to argue unrelated case at Supreme Court 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Then I saw myself on the ground, at the base of a ladder, crushed under the pediment. Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z The biggest structural challenge of the renovation was to remove the ugly dormer and rebuild it, using Welsh slate tiles to clad the roof and Portland stone to recreate its original decorative pediment. Luxury Homes in London With Ties to the Titanic 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z The pediment also features statues of St. George, St. Theodore, the Evangelists, the Prophets and Judith with the head of Holofernes, the Assyrian general who threatened to destroy her home of the city of Bethulia. Falling in love with Venice, Italy 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Not elegant like, say, a perfectly carved pediment but like human longing pared to its essentials. Women tend the flames of their ambition in Shobha Rao's 'Girls Burn Brighter' 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The Vanna Venturi house instead played with scale and tropes of historic architecture such as split pediments and pitched roofing. When architects design for mum and dad 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z I’m sure you can hire some Old World craftsperson to conjure a pediment out of wood, but these days what everybody does is put up a lightweight polyurethane called Fypon. Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z It is especially pronounced on the memorial’s dome, around its base, and on the triangular pediment that portrays Jefferson and four colleagues who helped draft the Declaration of Independence. The grimy, black biofilm that’s creeping over the Jefferson Memorial 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Among its Georgian features are a detailed cornice, a gable roof, stone lintels with keystones above the windows and a classic arched pediment around the front door. Stately Georgian in Old Town Alexandria was home to Robert E. Lee’s uncle 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The brick-faced, two-story design is in an established part of Maple Lawn, where houses are built with porches, pediments and peaked roofs. In Md.’s Maple Lawn community, Earth-friendly features come standard 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z “The exterior needs a good restoration, the window pediments, doors and windows,” Sciame said. Hepburn estate owner buys Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z But underneath the pediment and the pilasters was the original red, unpainted brick. Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z But in fact Chiswick House - which was built to store Lord Burlington's collections rather than as somewhere to live - is more of a mix of styles, with Palladian symmetry, portico and pediment, the most significant. Palladio: The architect who inspired our love of columns - BBC News 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z They stand on a raised platform, like figures carved into the pediment of a temple. The Ring Cycle: Boxing’s Eternal Cinematic Appeal 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Spitzer said he wanted to memorialize the site’s history in some way and would reinstall the marble pediment. Builders and Brewers Look to Tap Into Brooklyn’s Beer Heritage 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘But the columns, capitals and pediments that dominate the temple architecture, and the theatre, baths and aqueduct, were not forcibly imposed by the Romans.’ Tolerant and multicultural, Palmyra stood for everything Isis hates | Tim Whitmarsh 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z This left the curving outline of the pediment without the pediment itself. Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Palladian elements of symmetry, pediment and the arrangement of windows can be seen in this 1919 design for the Lister County Court House in Sweden. Palladio: The architect who inspired our love of columns - BBC News 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z It makes use of columns, pilasters, entablature and pediment, “and it’s known for its general symmetry,” he added. Pineville’s Myrtlewood estate historic, but is it haunted? 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The crenulated roof is really kind of like a shadow of the pediment and the bulkhead of the neighboring buildings, and so you can’t really see it from the street. A Conversation With Amale Andraos 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z He noted that the court’s east pediment features, among the images of historic lawgivers, the fable of the tortoise and the hare. Tech-wary Supreme Court to finally join the digital age 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Well, I knew that the Parthenon has a pediment, but I didn’t know that’s what the decorative molding atop a doorway — even a doorway in a suburban Colonial — is called. Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z In Belfast, the Stormont parliament building - which was built from the late 1920s after the partition of Ireland - has strong Palladian elements, with its symmetrical front, central portico and pediment. Palladio: The architect who inspired our love of columns - BBC News 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The reclining male figure from the west pediment of the Parthenon in Athens was first dismantled more than 200 years ago and taken to London by a British diplomat. At Russia museum, Elgin Marbles statue is cast in a political light 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z And the most important piece is one that has been long gone, a refrain common to many of the city’s old buildings — the decorative pediment crowning the sixth floor. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z A small portico topped with a pediment, like the one shown here, works well with colonial-style homes and is enough to add definition to the entrance. 10 Ways To Bring Charm To Your Home's Exterior 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The original wood pediment was about 10 inches deep. Perspective | The doors of perception: From pilaster to post in search of a new pediment 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z The figures of reclining goddesses from the east pediment, for instance, are daunting yet yielding syntheses of mass and grace that are more like dreams than objects. The Parthenon marbles are the world's most beautiful art – and that's why we should give them back 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The view skips over terra-cotta roofs to the top of the Santa Croce façade and the Star of David in the center of the pediment, which lights up in the evening sun. Florence: Luxury Hotel Rooms With Holy-God! Views Of Top Churches 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z They then discovered a proposal from the building’s original architect for an almost identical pediment at the Union Club in Midtown, which was never built. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Apart from the weight, the busts are usually cemented and bolted in place, and thieves use sledge hammers and hacksaws to remove them from their pediments, usually late at night when no one is watching. Global Metals Boom Is a Bust for Athens Bronzes 2013-06-18T02:30:03Z The huge sculptures on the pediment were titled “Integrity Protecting the Works of Man.” ICE Deal for N.Y.S.E. Creates Global Powerhouse 2012-12-21T02:25:15Z Look for any building by Rosario Candela; he never met a broken pediment he didn’t like, starting with his first commission in 1922. Streetscapes: Streetscapes - A Glossary for Architectural Rubberneckers 2012-09-22T07:03:36Z The glacier is prostrate; not a part of the mountain; not even a pediment; merely a floor footing the high walls. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Morris Adjmi, the architect hired for the project, used the proposal to recreate the pediment at 36 Bleecker Street, along with four lintel posts at the corners of the building. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z At the further end of the hall, upon a biclinium, or double couch, reclined Arria Marcella in an attitude which recalled the reclining woman of Phidias, upon the pediment of the Parthenon. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z The upper story was of Doric order, with coupled columns, and five windows surmounted by triangular pediments. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The principal, or south front, 370 feet long, presents a range of 44 columns, the centre being a majestic portico, with sculptures in the pediment. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z This temple was so near, that it was considered as a porch to that of Jupiter Capitolinus, and in token of that character, Augustus hung some bells upon its pediment. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Nothing has made him prouder, though, than that pediment, unearthed in archives and rebuilt by hand. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The arms of Clive still decorate the pediment of Claremont, the only house, so ’tis said, that “Capability” Brown ever built, though he altered many. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z When the procession reached the mosque, the coffin was placed upon the pediment of a Greek column near the entrance, an appropriate place for it to rest, I thought. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z A beautiful yet sinister temple might be built with cigars for pillars and cigar-boxes for pediments, if cigars were the sort of things you were ever allowed to play with. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z At the further end of these passages, and now, like them, subterranean, may be seen the pediment and arched entrance of the tomb towards the Via Latina. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The State-house is a pleasing, though not imposing, building, known to all evening promenaders in Newport by the illuminated clock in the pediment of the fa�ade. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Mary's home was an imposing mansion, with lofty cupola, balustraded roofs, and stately pediments upheld by Ionic columns. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z The pediment is ornamented with a statue of America in the centre, with the figures of Faith on her left, and Justice on her right. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z The entablature is surmounted by a denticulated cornice, and the pediment is relieved by an oblong shield. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Over the pediment was the chariot of the sun. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Over the medallion, the three Fates, the whole within an arch before a pediment. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Between the pediment and the cornice a thick corded moulding is carried round the main building. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The hero newly perched upon his pediment tumbled off again. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z A portico, with a recess of eleven feet, occupies the immediate front, supporting the pediment by two Corinthian pillars, and an equal number of pilastres. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Briefly this is a Greek temple pediment, in which, doubtful of their power to carve figures beautiful enough, they cut a trefoiled hold for ornament, and bordered the edge with a harlequinade of mosaic. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z This group of figures rests on a pediment which is formed by four rows of ten guards placed one over the other. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Upon the stem of the font there are eight figures in bas relief, standing upon pediments beneath overhanging canopies exquisitely carved. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Detached figures in the round are in fact found only in the pediments, or standing upon the tops of the pediments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The Genius of Liberty poises on its top; the pediment below it is adorned with the emblems of honest thrift and civic prosperity. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Traces of pediments may still be seen on its massive buttresses. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z One shield from the east pediment was painted with a female figure. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The town-hall is a handsome modern building of stone, with three arches in front, six square pilasters, and a pediment, surmounted by the Littelton arms, and a double row of arcades. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z In the pediments of the temple were represented two scenes from mythology, the hunting of the Calydonian boar and the combat between Achilles and Telephus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The armorial bearings of the Baltimore family, emblazoned on a shield of free-stone, were built into the pediment of an arched brick porch which shaded the great hall door. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z The centre is occupied by the portal which has a good pediment and a round arch borne by highly ornate pilasters. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The subject of the West pediment is a battle, in the presence of Athen�, over the body of a wounded warrior. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Also Jacobean are the crude brick pediment over the main entrance, now much changed, and the brick borders surrounding the windows—called "enframements." Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z A draped torso of Atalanta from the same pediment has been fitted to one of these heads. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z As in all houses of that date, that floor was in the roof, with dormer windows richly ornamented with carved stone pediments. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z We were on the abysmal floor of a growth which was not trees, but the hoary pediments of a structure which was too high and vast for human sight. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z She stands erect in the centre of the pediment, fully armed and wearing her aegis. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The "St. Luke's" tower possesses Jacobean brick quoins, a feature imitating corner stones, and an "embryo" or much simplified, triangular pediment, of Jacobean derivation, over the circular-headed doorway. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z The subjects of the pediments appear to have been the common ones of battles between Greek and Amazon and between Lapith and Centaur. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Its pediment and columns are slung with garlands of bay and cypress. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z The gable corresponds to the pediment in classic buildings where the roof was of low pitch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Of the east pediment only five figures were found, sufficiently complete to be restored. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Four high wooden boxes, painted brown, were set up on end—Doric columns these—supporting a pediment of like material and color. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z The pediments at the ends of the cover are also closely connected with the mourning for the loss of a friend and protector, which is the theme of the whole decoration of the sarcophagus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z And therefore, here at home, on our own Soldiers' Monument—on its steps and pediment that mount above the street—I offer a few suggestions to the throng. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The central part has a doorway, a large window, and an acute pediment, the top point of the pediment being almost on a level with the parapet of the towers where the spires commence. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z In that case the figure must have resembled that of the fallen warrior in the centre of the west pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The niches in the central portico were empty, but the pediment on twisted columns enclosed an equestrian statue of Louis XIII. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z The form of the pediment is triangular; the height of the triangle in proportion to its length being about 1:8. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The temple was dedicated to Zeus, and the groups which adorned the pediments represented the history of the two branches of the �acid�, descended from Telamon and Peleus, sons of �acus. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z In the western spires the four lower compartments have windows of two lights each with acute crocketted pediments. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z The acroterion, which originally surmounted the east pediment, was larger and more important than that of the west. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The subject sculptured on the pediment represents the Assumption of the Virgin. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z In the opposite or western pediment is represented the battle between Lapiths and Centaurs which broke out at the marriage of Peirithous in Thessaly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z He is of opinion that the western pediment contained several other figures besides the ten which have been restored. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z The second is covered with two storeys of arcading, and is divided into two parts by the large west window, above which is the pediment. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z In consequence the frieze was exposed to the weather, and the east pediment was much destroyed. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The tympanum of the gable above the great flamboyant window is arranged on a Gothic pediment. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z They are often broken up into groups; and when this is the case, figure will often balance figure on either side of a central point almost as rigidly as in a pediment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The sculptor Mayer showed me a group of figures for one of the pediments of this Greek Valhalla, admirably appropriate to the purpose of the building—but not to the building itself. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z All five compartments are surmounted with very highly-decorated pediments, the central one being the largest and most magnificent; above it rises a very elaborate pinnacle, ending in a cross. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z Further injury was done by Morosini, who made an attempt to take down the central group of the west pediment, which was still nearly complete. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The pediment was pierced by a shell and scarred with splinters. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z The two largest in scale of these groups seem to have belonged to the pediments of the early 6th-century temple of Athena. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z I am informed, that of the two pediments of the Valhalla, one will be given to Rauch of Berlin, and the other to Schwanthaler. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z The pediments have each a head in the centre, and between the pediments are angels with ivory trumpets. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z In 1749, when the west pediment was drawn by Dalton, many figures still remained in position which had disappeared 95 before the time of Lord Elgin. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z On the top of the pediment, and crowning the whole, is St. Michael trampling Satan underfoot. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z On other smaller pediments, perhaps belonging to shrines of Heracles and Dionysus, we have conflicts of Heracles with Triton or with other monstrous foes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The culmination, zenith, equator and pediment of self-sufficient mediocrity. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z All those columns, pediments, and regular façades, with which the eye is so soon satiated, are in plaster, and they begin to spoil even before the building is finished. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Unfortunately the subordinate figures have not a sufficient resemblance to those which are still extant of the Parthenon pediment, to allow us to assume a direct connection between the pediment and the relief. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z But in the nights that are coming,—when the rock-python pursues the coney along the shattered pediments of the “Corner House,” the unchanging desert will lie, still void under the abiding scrutiny of the stars. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The marbles which occupied the pediments and the metopes of the temple have been in large part recovered, having been probably thrown down by earthquakes and gradually buried in the alluvial soil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z This is also true of the stylobate, or substructure of a colonnade, and of pediments and other features. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z He takes refuge in details, in pediments, in friezes, in all the parts that have not utility for a special object, and in them he becomes a true artist. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z This conclusion is confirmed by Sauer's recent examination of the ground of the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The pediment is ornamented with three bas-reliefs, the three provinces, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z As the more important figures naturally occupy the midmost place in a pediment, their greater size comes in conveniently. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The handsome pediment above this portico contains a splendid group of statuary in high relief, representing France in the act of distributing garlands to her famous sons. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z The stone pediment of the windows is elaborate and arrests the idle eye. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z The ends of the pediment are reproduced in figs. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Below it, to the north, stood the Temple of Concord, and on a lower level, nearer the Forum, rose the temple of Saturn, its pediment surmounted with figures of Tritons blowing horns. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Every figure to the left of Zeus balances a corresponding figure on his right, and all the lines of the composition slope towards a point above the apex of the pediment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In the lower part of Plate I. is the finial of the pediment given in Plate II., from the cathedral of St. Lo. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z This pediment was the work of Phidias, and, like so many of the former monuments of ancient art and civilization, is now forever lost to mankind. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z It has been noted by Michaelis that the angle in which this figure was placed is the darkest spot in the eastern pediment, and that it is only fully illumined by the early morning sun. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The pediment and acroterium were adorned with statues—scarcely, however, to be distinguished at that distance. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z In the time of Peisistratus or his sons a peristyle of columns was added to the old temple of Athena; and this necessitated the preparation of fresh pediments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z But the purer method is to keep them down in due relation to the centre, and to throw up the pediment into a steep connecting mass, drawing the eye to it by rich tracery. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z The grass is growing in the nave and transept, and the big carved pediments stick up through the turf here and there, with moss and lichen clinging to the shadowy sides. Seeing France with Uncle John 2011-02-26T03:00:47.827Z The team of Helios was represented by four horses' heads, two of which still remain in position on the temple, at the back of the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Some of this sculpture has been found; the acroteria are Nereids mounted on sea-horses, and one pediment contained a battle of Greeks and Amazons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The statues in a Greek pediment, which are after quite an early period usually executed in the round, fall into three, five or seven groups, according to the size of the whole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z It consists of five arches with steep pediments, the outermost filled, the three central with doors; and they appear, at first, to diminish in regular proportion from the principal one in the centre. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z Groups of figures were admitted upon the pediments and metopes, because these groups formed clear and massive designs visible from a distance. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The figure was let into a socket about two inches deep, on the floor of the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The high pediment and roof may be pointed Gothic, or it may not; at any rate, it is in but the very rudimentary stage. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z As examples to illustrate this exposition we take the two pediments of the temple at Olympia, the most complete which have come down to us, which are represented in figs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z There are also variations in the pediment decorations not less extraordinary. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z These noble compositions have been restored with tolerable completeness, and now stand next to the pediments of the Parthenon in conception and in general design. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z This is the only fragment besides No. 303 J. which has any claim to be assigned to the central group of the eastern pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The interior shows early "pointed" and simple round arches, with pilasters and pediment which bear little relation to Gothic, and are yet not Romanesque of the conventional variety. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Here again we have no conclusive evidence; but it appears from the testimony of inscriptions that the pediments at all events were not executed until after Pheidias’s death. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z This is visibly the case in the metopes, and must have been nearly as much so in the pediment. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z But the decided superiority of Alkamenes’s design leads me to suppose that the boast of Pæonius only applies to the eastern pediment, and that probably the western had been already assigned to Alkamenes. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z On the whole, therefore, there is strong reason for leaving this torso in the pediment to which it was originally assigned by Visconti. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z To a central building were attached wings with gables to the south: the windows had each an architectural decoration or pediment over it. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z At either end, where the pediment narrows to a point, reclines a river god, at one end Alpheus, the chief stream of Olympia, at the other end his tributary Cladeus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Some columns, a piece of the heavy wall, sections of lintel, pediment, and cornice still stand. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z It is worth pausing for a moment upon this disposition, which was so usual as to be almost conventional in the pediments sculptured during the best epochs of Greek art. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z On comparing the composition of this triad with that of the triad placed next to Helios in the opposite half of the pediment a curious analogy of treatment may be observed. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z When the Houses of Parliament, now to be seen stretching across Simcoe Place, were first built, a part of the design was a central pediment supported by four stone columns. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The results are shown not only in the capitals of the columns and on the architrave, but on the pediments and over the entrance door as well. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z There were designs in the triangular spaces under the roof called pediments. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z The design of both pediments still seems to me masterly, especially that of Alkamenes, but there can be no doubt that the execution is far below that of the Parthenon marbles. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The arms and head are wanting, the body is cut off below the waist, as only the upper part of the figure was shown on the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z In the lithographic view of the Parliament Buildings, published by J. Young, their architect, in 1836, the pediment of the original design is given as though it existed. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z These show either fluted side pilasters, or severely plain columns, surmounted by a pediment. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z They now walked along a thicketed swamp where birches gaily shot up their slender white columns from mossy pediments. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Some remarkable remains of the pediment, especially a boar’s head, are now in the Museum at Athens. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The inner side of the top of the head has also been cut away, in order to give room for the upper member of the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The pediment of each wing, sustained aloft on fluted Ionic columns, seen on a fine day against the pure azure of a northern sky, is something enjoyable. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Look at the inner side of the pediment which concealed the hiding-place. 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z The entrance is surmounted with a pediment filled with groups of excellent sculpture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The pediment, or rather its upper outline, is still in its place, clear of the architrave, and built into the rock so as to remain without its supporting cornice. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Two horses' heads still remain in the angle of the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Shopping malls pasted on meaningless pediments and pilasters; advertisements for McMansions featured "palladium" windows. A Golden Age and Its Heirs 2010-05-25T01:47:00Z I examined the other doors: all of them bore hardly legible traces of names caned over the pediments. 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z There are no classical arches, columns or pediments. Why Zaha Hadid's MAXXI Works 2010-03-01T23:59:00Z The shattered pillars and the torn pediments will not bear so great a strain: and the traveller feels forced to admit a sense of disappointment, sore against his will. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The great destruction of the western pediment since it was seen by Carrey may have been partly due to the explosion during the siege, but was chiefly the work of the Venetian General Morosini. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Overhead is a large pediment, with its panel sculptured in high relief. Cathedral Cities of England The central sculptures of the western pediment of the Parthenon, which Morosini intended to take to Venice, were unskilfully detached by his workmen, and falling to the ground were broken to pieces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Overhead were the lofty peaks of Queensberry—the greater and the less twin pillars—over which the pediment of heaven was spread. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Morosini wished to take down the sculptures of Phidias from the eastern pediment, but his workmen attempted it so clumsily that the figures fell from their place, and were dashed to pieces on the ground. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Between the time of Morosini and the middle of the last century, when Dalton drew the western pediment, the work of destruction had been carried much further. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The tympana of the two pediments and all the metopes were enriched with the finest sculpture, and were realized, designed, and executed by Pheidias and his pupils. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" In one of the pediments was a gigantomachy, of which some fragments have been recovered. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The harmony spread over the whole becomes more conspicuous when contrasted with the dark shadows occasioned by the projecting drip of the cornice; above, the magnificent pediment crowns the whole. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 The base of the pediment is not a right line, but is curved downward. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z In the intervening middle space, two torsos are lying on the floor of the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The pediment and cornice were then extended into the open porch that is one of the splendid features of the Georgian style. Remodeled Farmhouses The sculptures of the pediments have been completely lost, but their design has been ingeniously reconstructed by Sauer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Pitch.—The degree of slope given to a roof, gable, or pediment. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance He tells us not to believe that the figures of the remaining pediment were used as targets by the Turkish soldiers—a statement often made in his day. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The River-god A and the torsos H, L, M, O were found under 119 the north-west angle of the pediment, after taking down a Turkish house built against the columns. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Can he name the architect of the Parthenon or the sculptor of the Aegean pediments? The Guarded Heights The temple is a Doric peripteral hexastyle in antis, with 13 columns at the sides; its length is 104 ft., its breadth 45� ft., its height, to the top of the pediment, 33 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The classic portico, with pediments, was constantly employed by them; and small pediments over window heads were common. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance There are, indeed, preserved in the little museum on the Acropolis the broken remains of the figures of the eastern pediment, which Morosini and his Venetians endeavored to take down, as I have already told. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The description that follows begins from the left or northern angle of the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Then the group would perhaps be adopted to ornament the pediment of some hospital. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. White in the moonlight gleams the temple Cutting the purple sky with its pediment; Diamonds and sapphires fall from the fountain; Black are the cypress trees. Acanthus and Wild Grape In Italy low-pitched roofs were the rule: the parapet alone often formed the sky-line, and the dome and pediment are usually the only telling features of the outline. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance The temple—with its cella of 100 feet—with its Doric and Ionic pillars—with its splendid sculptures upon the pediments—sank into decay and ruin. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z It was still in the pediment in Stuart's time, but had been thrown down at the date of Lord Elgin's mission. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Clearer and clearer to the view rose the seven-hilled city's pride, the snowy marble peristyles and pediments of palace and temple, gleaming in the rosy light like transparent alabaster. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs The portico roof is supported by wooden Doric columns set at its outer edges, and the front end of the roof is a plain triangular pediment. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia Frederic III. shook his head in great displeasure and stepping to the window gazed up at the pediment above bathed in the golden splendor of a setting sun. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The arrangement of the rest of the eastern pediment was evidently quite symmetrical. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The supple elastic character of the skin is here rendered with the same mastery as in the horse's head of the eastern pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z It is an elaborate satirical design of Jews and devils, arranged in a pediment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" The façade consists of a double basement of the Doric order, and a projection in the centre, on which are four Ionic pillars supporting an entablature and pediment. Here and There in London The sculptures on one side of the pediments represented the birth of the goddess; those on the other depicted her contest with Neptune. The Bible Story It seems also certain that Pirithous must have been somewhere on the pediment; and this would suggest another figure to correspond to him at the other side, for these groups were always symmetrical. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The left hand rested on the bed of the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Could he but gain the pediment in this wise, the rest of the descent would not be difficult. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier We tore down the idols from their pediments, broke them to pieces, and flung them piecemeal down the steps. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. For this building he executed also the figures for the pediment and began the bas-reliefs for the bronze doors, which were afterwards completed by W. H. Rinehart. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" An arched pediment surmounts the whole, with an octagonal projection from its base like a gallery, capped with a row of battlements, forming a cornice to the face of the clock. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See A small attribute, probably of marble, was attached to the floor of the pediment in front of the figure. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z A scaled turret, broken by later Gothic pediments, crosses the one remaining. Cathedrals of Spain It is separated from the principal nave by a door divided into two by a solid pediment, upon which is encrusted a statue of the Virgin with Child in her arms. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain The groups of the pediment symbolize the progress of civilization in America. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The pediment above the entrance is garnished with statuary representing the crowning of the Holy Virgin, while just below, at the sides, are two kneeling figures, with crowns on their heads, bent in prayer. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine Her action expresses surprise at the event occurring in the centre of the pediment, towards which she has looked back. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z It is broken at two stages by double windows, the upper ones of the belfry being crowned by pediments and surmounted by rich, sunk tracery. Cathedrals of Spain The oldest part of the building is consequently the western front, classic in its outline, but showing among its ogival details both the symmetry and triangular pediment of Renaissance art. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain The pilasters which ornamented the windows, the balustrades of the parapet, and the pediment above the entrance, were still remaining, though in a dilapidated condition. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II There is a triangular pediment above the grand portal which is certainly most singular, and may have been a product of the author's fancy alone. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine On the other hand, the serpent in connection with that deity is usually coiled round his staff, not winding along the ground, as on the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z A fine cornice and open-work gallery surmount the composition, flanked by crocketed turrets and crowned in the centre by a pediment injurious in effect and of Italian Renaissance inspiration. Cathedrals of Spain And in the pediments on the other side it was suggested that there might be placed other heads from the house of Medici, or of persons of the city connected with that house. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma On the hill near the port the temple of Venus Aphrodite reflected from the polished surface of its pediment the fire of the setting sun. Sónnica The plain columns and unadorned pediments express strength and simplicity rather than beauty. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise At the back 126 the upper part of the shoulders is roughly cut away; the chiselling does not appear to be ancient, but may have been done after the figure had fallen from the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z It consists of a double Corinthian order crowned by a broken pediment. Cathedrals of Spain The same master also made certain boys, likewise in the round, and large in size, which were placed on either side of some heads over the pediments of various doors; and these were much extolled. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma The building consisted of three cell� or parallel sanctuaries, with three doors opening beneath the same pediment. Sónnica This handsome and dignified brick building, completed in 1683, is ornamented with Ionic pilasters, that support an angular pediment, and the "hollow arch of the gateway" was formerly considered a curiosity. Old and New London Volume I Though we know from Pausanias that the strife between Athen� and Poseidon for the soil of Attica was the subject of the western pediment, the exact action represented by the central group cannot be determined. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Ancient Topography of London":—"The principal entrance is from the north, of brick and freestone, adorned with four pilasters, a circular pediment, and entablature of the Corinthian Order. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles You have seen these blocks, dear to the nursery: this one a pillar, that a pediment, a third a window or a vase. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) A triple row of columns sustained the pediment, which was decorated with prancing horses coarsely sculptured. Sónnica The altar-piece is very ornamental, consisting of four columns, fluted with their bases, pedestals, entablature, and open pediment of the Corinthian order; and over each column, upon acroters, is a lamp with a gilded taper. Old and New London Volume I In that design Poseidon and Athen� form an 127 antagonistic group, which in composition presents some resemblance with the central group in the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The two figures on the pediment of the gate by Cibber. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles The front of the house presented a fa�ade of more than sixty windows, surmounted by a formal pediment and raised upon a terrace. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) But Palladio had given up color, and pierced his pediment with a circular cavity, merely because he had not wit enough to fill it with sculpture. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) This is one of the Corinthian order, and in the middle is a pediment. Old and New London Volume I The head of the female figure looks out of the pediment; the feet are placed very close together. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z But the Renaissance architects destroyed all of them, and introduced the magnificent and witty Roman invention of a model of a Greek pediment, with its cornices of monstrous thickness, bracketed up above the window. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Over the doorways are elaborate pediments, with broken arches. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria Upon the pediment on the tablet are placed in relief two female figures of Love and Pity, entwined each in the arms of the other; the proper emblems of the genius of his poetry. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The altar-piece," says Mr. G. Godwin, "presents four Corinthian columns, with entablature and pediment, grained to imitate oak, and has a carved figure of a pelican over the centre compartment. Old and New London Volume I Both the female figures were still in the pediment when Dalton drew it. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The horizontal cornice of the pediment is thus useless, and of course, therefore, retained; the protection to the head of the window being constructed on the principle of a hat with its crown sewn up. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The front part of the temple had long ago been overgrown with thick bushes; only the pediments of the columns could be seen above the dense green. Fathers and Children For some years after the fall of the Commune the national emotions found solace in stencilling in big letters on every possible wall or fronton or pediment, public or private,—Libert�. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 The front exhibits an arched portal, consisting of an arched pediment, supported on columns of the Composite order, with an ornamental niche above; in the pediment are the Company's arms. Old and New London Volume I This had fallen out of the pediment when Dalton drew it, and no fragment of it can now be identified. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z It occupies in Christian sacred edifices very nearly the position of the pediment in Greek sculpture. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) With the exception of one side of the upper stage of the interior every column of the temple remains intact, as do likewise the entablature and pediments. The Naples Riviera Those at the sides support arches beneath an architrave continued across the end and rising into an arched form over the central space beneath the pediment. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The windows of the principal story, the echinus moulding of which is handsome, have bold and enriched pediments, and the centre windows are honoured by massive balustrade balconies. Old and New London Volume I Dalton's drawing shows no indication of either of these figures, though the lower half of the Callirrho� is to this day in position on the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Phidias can niche himself into the corner of a pediment, and Raffaelle expatiate within the circumference of a clay platter; but Pugin is inexpressible in less than a cathedral? The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) For pyramidal surfaces, such as pediments, a progressive ornament is the fittest. Needlework As Art It was probably prostyle, with a pediment in front which has gone; under the cornice is a rich frieze with symbols denoting a dedication to Jupiter. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia At the east end four Ionic pillars support an entablature and pediment, and the three circular-headed windows are well proportioned. Old and New London Volume I Between the figures V and W a hole is pierced in the bed of the pediment, in which some bronze object was inserted. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z No one pauses in particular delight 216 beneath the pediments of the Admiralty; nor does scenery of shipping ever become prominent in bas-relief without destroying it: witness the base of the Nelson pillar. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The principal, or south front, 370 feet long, presents a range of forty-four columns, with a majestic central portico, with a sculptured pediment. Dickens' London The font is Norman, circular, with circular pediment, having an old oak octagonal cover, cupola shaped, plain except slight carving round the rim. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time The Bar is of Portland stone, which London smoke alternately blackens and calcines; and each façade has four Corinthian pilasters, an entablature, and an arched pediment. Old and New London Volume I This fragment was formerly thought to belong to the Athen� of the western pediment, to which its scale would correspond, but there are no other grounds for the attribution. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Single figures are more common than in the previous style, and when used are generally shown beneath a simple pediment or canopy. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them A. Door-way on the north side of the nave, remarkable for its lintel or transom-stone in the figure of a pediment, from which the arch rises, encircled with a single, wide, plain, flat moulding. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy Upon the pediment of the table are placed two female ideal figures in relief, representing love and pity, entwined each in the arms of the other; the proper emblems of the genius of his poetry.” The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir The upper part of the Bar is flanked by scrolls, but the fruit and flowers once sculptured on the pediment, and the supporters of the royal arms over the posterns, have crumbled away. Old and New London Volume I From below the hough to the hoof the leg is carved out of a block resting 204 on the bed of the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The pediments contained painted sculptures more or less united with the tympanum, and having for subjects the triumphs of gods or heroes. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I Its massive lintel, shaped, as at Bieville, into a pediment, and surmounted by an arch, which is rather the segment of an ellipsis than of a circle, is likewise remarkable. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy Among them is a quaint old Queen-Anne mansion of brick, with a curious pediment and having many windows. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel There were two pediments, or gables, of flat pitch, one at each end. Architecture Classic and Early Christian This head, is worked from a block which forms the springing stone of both the cymatium and the corona of the pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z This is a fine modern building with fluted pilasters running up the frontage to an ornamental pediment. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London At centre, under the gallery, the entrance-door, with twisted posts and pediment. Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) A Tragedy in Four Acts Eight other niches are between the chapels, and these are also with a pediment supported by two Corinthian columns. Italy, the Magic Land Occasionally there were a cornice and pediment over the entrance. Architecture Classic and Early Christian Casts from two fragments of acroteria, probably from the western pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z It is a plain brick building, with a clock dial set in a triangular pediment. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London The main cornice is larger, but the pediment is perfectly plain. Portuguese Architecture The subject of the group that filled the eastern pediment, the one above the entrance door of the temple, was the birth of Athena. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History At Mount Pleasant, and in several of the more pretentious old Colonial mansions of Philadelphia, this type of door trim was elaborated by a surmounting frieze and heavy pediment above the architrave casing. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia There is a considerable resemblance in the pose of Dionysos to that of the so-called Theseus of the east pediment of the Parthenon. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z This panelling was topped with a swan's neck pediment behind the judge's chair. The Fairfax County Courthouse A simple pediment rises above the four central figures, surmounted by a crucifix and containing a carving of a sun on a strapwork shield. Portuguese Architecture The group in the western pediment represented the contest between Athena and Poseidon for the dominion over Attica. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History These houses usually had a penthouse roof along the second-floor level, and as in this instance a pediment springing from this roof usually formed a hood above the doorway. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The member to which these fragments belong surmounted the pediments. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The pediment with which the façade is crowned is rather low in its proportions. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Between are three round arches, enclosing three doors of which the central has a pointed pediment, while over the others a small round window lights the interior. Portuguese Architecture On the eastern pediment was represented the birth of Minerva, and on the western the contest between Minerva and Neptune for the guardianship of the soil of Attica. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Above the architrave casing across the lintel of these deeply recessed doorways a frieze and pediment form an effective doorhead. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The pose of these two combatants who have the most important position in the whole frieze, is very similar to that of the Poseidon and Athen� of the west pediment of the Parthenon. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The groups in the pediments are by George Gray Barnard; the one in the northern pediment represents History, and the one in the southern, Art. Handbook of The New York Public Library In the middle is an arch resting on slender columns and supporting a pediment; on either side are square niches with columns at the sides, beyond them fan-shaped semicircles, and at the corners vases. Portuguese Architecture The statues in the eastern pediment of the temple of Jupiter at Olympia were by Pæonios, and those in the western by Alcamenes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Pilasters or engaged columns support the pediment, their upper molded portion above the necking being carried across the horizontal lintel of the door frame. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The composition is framed by two pilasters, surmounted by a pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Even as he looked, a stone dropped from a window pediment and crashed into splinters on the pavement a few yards beyond where he stood. The Doomsman The buttresses, on which stand curious vase-shaped finials, are joined by a straight moulded cornice, above which rises a rounded pediment floriated on the outer side. Portuguese Architecture The beams carry a large pediment, originally adorned with groups of statues representing Jupiter's victories over the Gigantes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life From the capitals up to the short cornice returns, replacing the usual base of the pediment, the spirit of the entablature is retained by pilaster projections molded after the manner of cornice, frieze and architrave. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The relief is bounded by two pilasters surmounted by a pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Set far back on the hill, with columns on its façade and a Greek pediment, it was very handsome. A Portrait of Old George Town From the pediment there stands out a helmet whose mantling entirely covers the flat surface, and below it hangs a shield, charged with the da Silva arms, a lion rampant. Portuguese Architecture The statues of the pediments, the metopes, and bas-reliefs, are remarkable for the grandeur of style, simplicity, truth, beauty, which are the characteristics of this school. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Here, however, the effect is slightly enriched by a nicely hand-tooled ovolo molding in the cornice of the penthouse roof that is repeated with an elliptical fan design in the pediment of the hood. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The relief was originally surmounted by a pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z In the morning light it stood in beauty—a hundred Doric columns, a sculptured pediment, flashing with white marble and with tints of scarlet, blue, and gold. A Victor of Salamis On either side large solid square panels are filled by huge rosettes several feet across, and above them half-pediments filled with shields reach up to the central pediment but at a lower level. Portuguese Architecture The columns which supported the ceilings were brilliantly banded in various colors and flowered out below their pediments into iron branches of oak leaves among which blossomed the bulbs of many electric lights. A Woman's Will Rarely occurred a doorway having a complete entablature above a fanlight surmounted by a pediment. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Above, a pediment with acroteria and a rosette; also an honorary wreath. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Sometimes she would go to those majestic statues that decorated the pediment of the Parthenon, and the tears welled up in her clear eyes as she thanked the gods for the graciousness of their peace. The Explorer The sculpture frieze is a little wider than usual, and instead of a pediment there is a picturesque cresting, above which are cut four extraordinary monsters. Portuguese Architecture The font is modern, Norman in style, the bowl having eight semi-circular fluttings, being supported by eight columns raised on a stone pediment. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter The central section of the fa�ade projects slightly, two Ionic pilasters of white marble supporting a pediment within which a semicircular fanlight ventilates and lights the attic. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The relief is bounded by pilasters, a circular arch, and a pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z It is built in the usual classical style affected by the Dutch for their public buildings, and is ornamented with pilasters and pediments. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore Three windows, one with a pointed and two with round pediments, occupy the spaces left between the upper pilasters. Portuguese Architecture The font is plain, circular, upon a circular pediment; it has p. 206an old font cover, cupola shaped, octagonal, of oak, plain, except some slight carving round the rim. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Oftener, where an entablature supported by engaged columns was surmounted by a pediment, the fanlight over the door was omitted. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The relief is surmounted by an arch and rosettes, above which is a pediment with acroteria, unfinished, and a rosette. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z We admire height in one and breadth in the other, and we soon find the steep pediment heavy and the low gable awkward and mean. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Above the entablature of the lower order there are three windows in the middle flanked by Ionic pilasters and surmounted by pediments, while in the tower are large round-headed niches with pediments. Portuguese Architecture Over the doors and windows triangular pediments were elaborately wrought in black with the same sinnet. The Old Helmet, Volume II This portico, with its simple pediment and wooden columns surmounted by pleasingly unusual capitals of acanthus-leaf motive, was added some thirty years after the house was erected. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia A draped male figure stands before her, and a boy at the left corner; above is a pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z A striking example may be found in the pediment of the Greek temple and the gable of the northern house. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Above in the pediment are a Virgin and Child with kneeling angels. Portuguese Architecture I wondered, as I passed Regent's Park on my way to Hampstead, what kind of people live in those great stuccoed terraces and crescents, with their solemn façades and friezes and pediments and statues. More Trivia Two slender, smooth columns and corresponding pilasters on the wall of the house support a pediment rather too flat for good appearance. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The relief is bounded by pilasters, surmounted by a pediment with acroteria. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Its pronaos and pediments were resplendent with marble, whilst the vestibule and peristyle were adorned with the richest friezes and the noblest statues. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Of these the two outer, flanked by Ionic pilasters on pedestals, are finished off above with curved pediments broken to admit of obelisks. Portuguese Architecture Goujon's figures, destined for the pediment of the attic, were placed by Napoleon I. most awkwardly over the entrances to the Egyptian and Assyrian collections in the E. wing, and utterly spoiled of their effect. The Story of Paris Houses usually of somewhat later date and notable for greater refinement of detail had gable-roof dormers with round-headed Palladian windows extending up into the pediment. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Above is an arch, springing from pilasters, a pediment with rosettes and acroteria. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z They have a classical cornice and terminal pediment. The Care of Books Higher up there is a round window—heavily moulded—and the whole gable ends in a queer little round pediment set between two armillary spheres. Portuguese Architecture The door frames with their heavily molded pediments, the cornices, pilasters, doortrims and woodwork rich in elaboration of detail were all distinctive Georgian, tempered, however, with much dignified restraint and consummate good taste. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution Each side of this end of the church, with four smaller round-headed windows ranged about the chancel window and a151 circular window in the pediment above, is a superb example of symmetrical arrangement. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The relief is bounded by two Doric columns and a pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The shield in the centre of the pediment bears the arms of Dean Honywood. The Care of Books Only the transept front has survived, robbed of its cornice and cresting, and now framed in plain pilasters and crowned by a pediment. Portuguese Architecture Broken pediments with volute terminals were placed over doors and windows; while a slight admixture of wrought and moulded bricks was often added to give some degree of elegance and richness to the façades. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Above, six 214 Corinthian pilasters support a beautifully detailed entablature at the eaves, from which springs a pediment with ornamental oval window. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The relief is contained in an arch-shaped field below a pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The press closely resembles the one on the Roman sarcophagus, but it is evidently intended to indicate a taller piece of furniture, and it terminates in a pediment. The Care of Books Pilasters stood singly between each window and in pairs at the corners, and the windows all had pediments. Portuguese Architecture Abbot Samson reëdifies it, all of polished marble; with the highest stretch of art and sumptuosity, reëmbellishes the Shrine for which it is to serve as pediment. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. In such instances the projection was so great that the entablature sections above the columns were square, and the soffit of the corona in the pediment was paneled. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The relief is bounded by pilasters, a circular arch with rosettes in the spandrels, and a pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The architectural decorations have all disappeared, with the exception of a fragment of a pediment at the south end of the room, on which F. E. DVX is still visible. The Care of Books The outside is very plain: Ionic pilasters at the angles support a simple cornice which runs round the whole building; the west end and transepts have pediments with small semicircular windows. Portuguese Architecture The office door had a species of ornamental pediment over it, and the room itself had panelled walls of a pale green, a chimneypiece of portentous size, and a highly ornamental ceiling. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The first floor hall at Mount Pleasant presents the interesting combination of a pulvinated Ionic pediment with a mutulary Doric cornice and frieze about the ceiling. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The relief is bounded by two pilasters surmounted by an entablature and pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z At Jesus College the same type is maintained, with the central pilaster and continuous step; but the work is extremely plain, and there is neither wing nor pediment. The Care of Books The windows are exactly like those outside, but the west door has over it a very refined though plain pediment. Portuguese Architecture We may imagine that the representation upon this eastern pediment must have been magnificent. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Above the horizontal overhang of the architrave casing across the lintel two beautifully carved consoles, the width of the frieze in height, support a cornice which is the base of a broken pediment. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The figures beginning from the left of the West pediment are:— 160. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z These fittings are excellent specimens, ornamented with fluted Ionic pilasters, an elaborate cornice, and pediments above the doors. The Care of Books In the upper story256 the central part is carried up to a pediment by Corinthian columns resting on the Ionic below; between them is a large statued niche surrounded by panels. Portuguese Architecture On the pediment at Rheims the Last Judgment is represented in five divisions, and these reliefs are among the most beautiful sculptures of this century. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture In this latter, also, some of the pediments are complete, others broken,192 illustrating another whim of the early American builders. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The pediment is surmounted by an acroterion, consisting of a palmette between two large volutes, which are for the most part restorations. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z It contrasts with its neighbour, the Reform, which presents a breadth of plain surface broken only by little pediments over the windows. The Strand District The Fascination of London Tomb recesses, added later, with strapwork pediments line the chapels, and at the entrance to the chancel are two pulpits, for the Gospel and Epistle. Portuguese Architecture In the two pediments he introduced allegorical representations of the power of the city of Antwerp, especially in her commerce. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture On the front a pediment springs from the cornice over a slightly projecting central section of the fa�ade, while a three-sided bay breaks the rear wall and enlarges the building. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The Heracles, however, has been placed on the right side of the pediment, because the left side of the statue is the 79 most carefully finished, and was therefore intended to be seen. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The same may be said of the pediments. Line and Form (1900) The entablature is moulded only, and instead of a pediment two curves lead up to a horizontal moulding supporting a shell, and above it a cherub's head. Portuguese Architecture David designed the relief for the pediment of the Pantheon. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The central portion of the fa�ade projects slightly under a pediment in harmony with the splendid Doric doorway beneath, of which more elsewhere. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The figures beginning with the left end of the pediment are the following:— 175. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The canopy arch supports a great pediment intended for an equestrian statue, and the faces have the Duke's arms and the Garter. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch At the ends are vase-shaped finials, and another supported by dragons rises from the pediment. Portuguese Architecture In the central or highest part of the pediment the goddess Minerva stands and tries to cover the fallen body of Achilles with her shield. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Many of the doorways had fluted pilasters, heavily molded casings and carved43 broken pediments. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The back of the head is worked in a peculiar way, to a plane surface, such as might be required if this was a head from a pediment, on account of the cornice above. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The summits of the towers are 222 feet high; the statue of St. Paul above the apex of the pediment is 135 feet. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Above this is a window flanked by single columns which carry a pediment. Portuguese Architecture At first it was supposed that these figures ornamented the temple pediment, but it is now thought that they stood on an undulating rocky base, with a background at a little distance. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Interest focuses upon the deeply recessed doorway with its sturdy Tuscan columns and pediment, and the great, attractively paneled door. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia It is very probable that the plinth does not belong to the pedimental sculptures at all, and Sauer's plan of the floor of the pediment seems to leave no room for it. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The reason for the dressed niches, with pediments instead of windows, like those in the lower stage, will come later on. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch It is too wide, and the great spreading pediment is very ugly. Portuguese Architecture High aloft, just under the pediment, I could read this inscription in golden letters upon a white tablet: "House of the Lord, built209 by the Church of Christ, 1834." Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science A heavy pediment springs from the cornice above the pedimental doorway, and this repetition of the motive imparts a pleasing interest and emphasis to the fa�ade. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia This fragment may, perhaps, have belonged to figure G of the west pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Above these are triangular pediments, and above these again, and in alignment along the balustrade, are statues of ten of the Apostles—five to each front. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch The design is like that of Bishop Pinheiro's monument, omitting all beneath the plinth, except that the back is plain, the arch elliptical, and the pediment small and round. Portuguese Architecture The frame is of wood entirely coated with silver, in the form of a Renaissance doorway with a fluted column on each side and a broken pediment over the top. Diversions in Sicily The high, deeply recessed doorways, with engaged columns or fluted pilasters supporting handsome entablatures or pediments, and beautifully paneled doors, often with a semicircular fanlight above, were characteristic of most Philadelphia entrances. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The foot belonged to a colossal figure, which, can hardly have been other than the Athen� of the west pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The sculpture on the northern pediment depicts the royal arms, with angels bearing palm branches for supporters, and on the southern is a Phœnix with the motto "Resurgam." Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch On each side of the circular pediment is a little "Mansard" window in the roof, and on the pediment itself are two statues. The Story of Rouen Her shapeless legs were columns with large flatheeled shoes for their bases, supporting the inverted pediment of great hips. Greener Than You Think You can see the balustrade surrounding it, just above the head of the statue which stands on the pediment in the centre of the building. Rollo in London This fragment may belong to the boy P on the left of Q in the west pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z For instance, you know that, for an immense time back, all your public buildings have been built with a row of pillars supporting a triangular thing called a pediment. Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 For the King's Arms at large, with ornaments thereto, designed for the pediment of the said front, the same being in the whole 15 foot long and 9 foot high, I finding timber, &c. Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. It is a plain, quadrangular construction, with Grecian pediment and columns on its south front and broad flights of steps leading to its side porticoes. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The pyramidal pediment above this opening projects above the upper cornice into a coved ceiling, which would appear from the rendering of the drawing to form an apse above the semi-circular stage. Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration The nose and mouth have been restored; but the grand style of the antique parts of the head agrees with that of the Parthenon pediments. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z These pediments, and stylobates, and architraves never excited a single pleasurable feeling in you—never will, to the end of time. Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 A stone altar-piece, Doric in character, with an elliptical pediment, was set up in 1725, the cost being partly met by private subscriptions. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire The roof used was of a very flat pitch, one of height to four of base, later it was even flatter, and this dictated the slope of the pediments. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Some were still closed, the doors being made not of wood or bronze, but of marble; and inscriptions were carved on the lintels or pediments, giving an account of each tomb. Pagan and Christian Rome But it may have belonged to one of the figures N, Q, S, of the same pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Farther: it has been said that if I had substituted the word "gable," it would have spoiled the line just as much as the word "pediment," though "gable" is a Gothic word. Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 Then we passed some tombs, or chambers, cut into the massive red cliffs with architectural cornices, pediments, and pilasters, some of them very handsome. Byeways in Palestine Even works of the archaic period, like the pediments from Aegina, show a knowledge of the human form infinitely more accurate than any to be found in Assyrian palaces or Egyptian temples. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield This excellent work of art, cut in Carrara marble, shows the bust of the owner in a square niche, above which is a round pediment. Pagan and Christian Rome Sauer proposes to assign this fragment to the figure S of the west pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z There is another kind of stone at Dacre-Pasture, of a much finer grit than the last, paler in colour, and well adapted for finer masonry, such as columns, pediments, &c. Report of the Knaresbrough Rail-way Committee From this central square of four pediments extends right and left one long colonnade, or dromos. Byeways in Palestine In the same way the somewhat rigid laws of composition of pediment metope and frieze compelled the Greek artist to think out schemes suitable to those forms. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield There is a fine portico of six Corinthian columns terminating in a pediment, with the figure of Britannia at the central apex, and the lion and unicorn at each end. Westminster The Fascination of London The scale, however, is suitable to one of the central figures of 201 the west pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The group is supposed to have been placed in the pediment of the west gable. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 The lower parts of two upright posts of its doorway remain, together with a fragment of the transverse lintel: several pieces of columns are lying about, and pediments of these in situ. Byeways in Palestine The ceiling of the church—the wreck of the Tudor open-worked timber roof—had been "pared down to a common pediment covering," supported on the heads of cherubim as corbels. Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less In the fifth stage are four trefoil arches, like those of the second stage: these lie parallel with those at the base of the pediments, already described, and with those also of the side transepts. A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents Fragment of right hip and right side of body nearly to the navel, of a boy, possibly from the west pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z In many cases the entrances to the mines were through elaborate stone doorways, with pillar, capital, and pediment, carved figures of saints, and surmounted by a cross. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Its height, from the base of the pediments, was sixty-five feet, and the dimensions of the area two hundred and thirty-three feet, by one hundred and two. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 The tent is surmounted by a rich cornice, above which the monument terminates in an ornamental pediment displaying the crest of the deceased. Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less The celebrated statuary, Mr. Gresley, of Oxford, put it upon its present pediments, which are composed of Purbeck marble, and it was then placed where it now stands. A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents Left breast of female figure, the drapery strained over it; the scale is similar to that of the figure C in the west pediment. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z All the columns are standing; the entablatures and pediments are in pretty good preservation, but it is roofless, and flowers and weeds are now waving where once trode the white-robed priests. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 The eastern pediment was adorned with two groups of statues, one of which represented the birth of Minerva, the other the contest of Minerva with Neptune for the government of Athens. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 The pediment with its ridgepole, principal rafters, and purlines are to be built in such a way that the eaves shall be equivalent to one third of the completed roof. The Ten Books on Architecture The pediments contain each a large circular light, with other apertures and niches. A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents A large number of small fragments of horses from the west pediment has been discovered. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z |
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