acroterium
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acroteria
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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 Ben Macomber
Fortunately a notable example has been preserved in the acroterium of the gable of the Heraion at Olympia, 51 a great disk of clay over seven feet in diameter.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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 Th?ophile Gautier
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
An ever present feature, also, is the palmette acroterium, treated in conventional ceramic style.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Pines, maples, and larches raised their heads above the red cornices and golden acroteria.
From Thais by Robert B. (Robert Bruce) Douglas
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 A. H. Smith
The acroteria, painted in black and red on the natural surface of poros stone, take the shape of palmettes and lotuses.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Above are a pediment with acroteria, and two olive wreaths, and the inscriptions Ὁ δῆμος Δημοκλῆν Ἀμφιλόχου, Ὁ δῆμος Δημοκλῆν Δημοκλήους, recording honorary decrees to Democles, son of Amphilochos, and Democles, son of Democles.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
Decorative Stelae.—The stelae crowned with the palmette and acanthus acroteria are described below, Nos. 599-618.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
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