A pediment is the highly visible and memorable “triangle” found above porticos — two-story porches — doorways, windows and dormers. Developed by ancient Greeks as the decorative end to a gable roof, ...

In classical architecture, a pediment is a low-pitched triangular gable on the front of a building. The motif has survived through the ages, though in forms that have sometimes deviated wildly from ...

Pediments are probably the most recognizable architectural form alongside the column. Throughout history, they have crowned all types of buildings, from ancient Greek and Roman temples to banks and ...

If the high and mighty gable ends of roofs and pediments "peak" your interest, then you will enjoy the photographs and narrative for this month's article. The development of the pediment and gable ...

Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 286. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in ...

This is a restored, miniature, cast reproduction of a group of figures, H and I, from the West pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, identified as the Lapith Deidameia and the Centaur Eurytion.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Member of Parliament Garnik Danielyan from the Hayastan faction wrote on Facebook that the individual who climbed the pediment of the Mother Cathedral on December 18 is the deputy ...