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PEDIMENT (equivalents, Gr. &ros, Lat. fastigium, Fr. ponton)

PEDIMENT (equivalents, Gr. &See also:
ROS, or DE
ROS, SIR RICHARD (b. 1429)
ros, See also:
LAT
Lat. fastigium, Fr. ponton) , in classic See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture the triangular-shaped portion of the See also:

wall above the See also:

CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice which formed the termination of the roof behind it. The projecting See also:

MOULDINGS

mouldings of the cornice which surround it enclose the tympanum, which is sometimes decorated with See also:

sculpture. The pediment in classic architecture corresponds to the gable in See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic architecture, where the roof is of loftier See also:

pitch. It was employed by the Greeks only as the front of the roof which covered the See also:

main See also:

BUILDING

building; the See also:

Romans, how-ever, adopted it as a decorative termination to a See also:

DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway, See also:

NICHE (through Fr. niche from Ital. nicchia, nicchio, shell; possibly from Lat. mitulus, a sea-mussel; cf. " napkin " from mappa)

niche or window, and occasionally, in a See also:

ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row of windows or niches, alternated the triangular with a segmental pediment.. It was reserved for the See also:

ITALIAN

Italian architects of the decadence to break the pediment in the centre, thus destroying its See also:

ORIGINAL

original purpose. The earliest See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the word is pediment or peremint, probably a workman's corruption of " See also:

PYRAMID

pyramid.

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