acroterium
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The gables are each crowned with a figure of Victory, sometimes called an "acroterium," from the architectural name of the tablet on which it stands.
From The Jewel City by Macomber, Ben
The pediment and acroterium were adorned with statues—scarcely, however, to be distinguished at that distance.
From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The term is often restricted to the plinth, which forms the podium merely for the acroterium.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The house had grown a story higher; and the tiled roof, now surmounted by a bronze acroterium, projected an intact outline against the light blue of the sky, where a few stars were growing pale.
From 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 by Gautier, Th?ophile
In the great acroterium of the Heraion, for example, the surface was first covered with a dark varnish-like coating on which the drawing was incised down to the original clay.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Casts from two fragments of acroteria, probably from the western pediment.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
Pines, maples, and larches raised their heads above the red cornices and golden acroteria.
From Thais by Douglas, Robert B. (Robert Bruce)
Above is a pediment with acroteria and rosettes.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
And finally, single statues or groups might be placed, as acroteria, upon the apex and lower corners of a pediment.
From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow
The relief is surmounted by an arch and rosettes, above which is a pediment with acroteria, unfinished, and a rosette.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
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