pediment
IPA: pˈɛdʌmʌnt
noun
- (architecture) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.
- (geology) A very gently sloping (0.5°-7°) inclined bedrock surface.
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Examples of "pediment" in Sentences
- The statues on the pediments were never executed.
- The doorway to the courtyard has an open pediment.
- Above the pediment is a canopy with the Virgin and
- In the pediment is the usual representation of the
- The pediment is flattened and the columns are widely spaced.
- The pediment was removed in 1815 to accommodate the painting.
- It is crowned with a pediment, which is too high for its span.
- A broad pediment surmounts the center section of the elevation.
- It is crowned with a pediment, which is too large for its span.
- The pediment is decorated with bronzes of Jesus and the Apostles.
- The main entrance has Justice standing on the peak of the pediment.
- The pediment figure at the pinnacle was substituted with three cherubs.
- The pediment is missing and the front of the building is severely damaged.
- The pediment of the portico is in reality a gable to the roof of the church.
- Capitol a group apparently prepared for a pediment, which is by no means mean.
- Corinthian columns, surmounted by a half-circular pediment, which is richly ornamented.
- In the angle of the pediment is the figure of an angel greeting the new-born spirit, and raising his hand, points to the place prepared for him in heaven.
- Supporting the pediment were a pair of beautiful, naked women—caryatids, she remembered from college art class—who, like Joss, accepted their fate with unblinking stoicism.
- The beauty of the marble from which stones and columns were cut might have seemed enough, but the builders carved groups of figures in the three-cornered space (called the pediment) in front between the roof and the stones resting upon the columns.
- For them the misty goal is not even in sight; the vale is bounded by huge pine-clad precipices, wreathed with snow and crowned with cloud; but to Meyrick it does appear quite definitely what we are, and as for the end, well, the avenue of the world seems to lead up to a neat classical building with pillars and a pediment, that is called the temple of reason and common-sense.
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