acroterium
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An ever present feature, also, is the palmette acroterium, treated in conventional ceramic style.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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
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 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
Mr. Failing, who was sitting alone in the garden too ill to read, heard a shout, "Am I an acroterium?"
From The Longest Journey by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)
The latter figure, which is repeated on the acroteria, as the gable platforms are called, of all the palaces of the main group, is by Louis Ulrich of New York.
From The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Mullgardt, Louis Christian
Of course his silence does not prove that there were none; but with all the finds of acroteria, terracottas and the like, no trace of any such sculptures was discovered.
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.
That is, the original material of the acroteria was the same used in the whole covering of the roof, namely terracotta.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
We have also several figures of Victory, which probably were acroteria on some smaller temple, perhaps that of Artemis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
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