broken pediment
1broken pediment — noun : a pediment frequent in the baroque style having a gap at the apex (as for a statue or vase) * * * Archit. a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex. See illus. under pediment …
2broken pediment — Archit. a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex. See illus. under pediment. * * * …
3broken pediment — In architecture, a pediment, in which the cornice is discontinuous at the apex or the base …
4Pediment — The upper part of the Greek National Academy building in Athens, showing the pediment with sculptures This article is about the architectural element. For the landform, see Pediment (geology). A pediment is a classical architectural element… …
5pediment — pedimental /ped euh men tl/, adj. pedimented /ped euh men tid, meuhn /, adj. /ped euh meuhnt/, n. 1. (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall …
6Pediment — Ped i*ment, n. [L. pes, pedis, a foot. See {Foot}.] (Arch.) Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a… …
7Pediment — A common element of Greco Roman architecture, a pediment is the triangular area on the façade of a temple formed by the slopes of its pitched roof. Greco Roman pediments were usually filled with sculpture reliefs that illustrate the myths of… …
8swan's neck pediment — Archit., Furniture. a broken pediment, the outline of which consists of a pair of S curves tangent to the cornice level at the ends of the pediment, rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the… …
9swan's neck pediment — Archit., Furniture. a broken pediment, the outline of which consists of a pair of S curves tangent to the cornice level at the ends of the pediment, rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the… …
10scroll pediment — noun : a broken pediment with raking cornices in the form of reverse curves …
