10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACROTERIUM»
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1
Cyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Descriptive, ...
The acroterium of the propy- leum of the Agora, at Athens, mil remains, and bears
an inscription, implying that it formerly supported a statue, or some trophy
decreed by the Athenians to Lucius Caesar, the adopted son of Augustus.
2
Roman Imperialism and Civic Patronage: Form, Meaning and ...
The cone supports either a roughly triangular acroterium or a circular acroterium
from which streams of water pour forth.61 Similar to the Corinthian coin, the
Nikopolitan coin minted under Hadrian portrays a basin with a pronounced lip,
from ...
Cast from an angle acroterium, now in the gardens of the Villa Pamfili. Tivoli Cast
of one-eighth of the Tivoli capital. Acroterium Cast of a Roman acroterium. Ante
Casts of two capitals of Anta?. Athens The Parthenon. Cast of lion's head from ...
Royal Institute of British Architects, 1874
4
The Theatre of Diokaisareia
47.1) Acroterium. Limestone. 0.28 (max) – 0.39 (max) – 0.24 m (max) Corners
broken away. Chipped and worn on all the surfaces. The acroterium consists of
an open palmette with lobes ending in a spiral springing from an horizontal band.
5
Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy
A drill was used sparingly in the hair of the masks, in particular, in the acroterium
on the right. The use of double sloping covers with acroteria, of which this
fragment forms one part, is based on east Greek models from the second and
early ...
Vivian B. Mann, Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.), 1989
6
The Life and Epistles of St. Paul
126), and on the acroterium, or summit of the pediment, was, but no longer is, an
equestrian statue.'o On the entablature is an inscription to the effect that the
portico was erected from donations presented by J ulins Caesar and Augustus,
and ...
7
The Journal of Hellenic Studies
Ari/w. ? Arsa, p. 400. Aa'rcipne. Arsa, p. 400. Aehémpre. Acroterium, p. 352.
Eirfirduaaa. Heraclea Salbace, p. 515 cars. 'Epfipopoe? Arsa, p. 400. 'Eppa'o'dm/
uq. Antiphellus, p. 330. 'Eppaxd'raq. Antiphellus, p. 330. 'EpDca-rn'a]; ?
8
A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the ...
ACROTERIUM. Lat., from otitgwrnglov, Gr. A terminating member, or ornament, at
the apex and angles of a pediment. Some writers contend that the acroterium is
the plinth, or pedestal, sustaining the ornamental finishing of the pediment; and ...
9
The topography of Athens and the Demi
The middle acroterium is between one-fifth and one-fourth of the whole length of
the pediment, a proportion unexampled in a Greek temple, and which could
scarcely have been intended for any thing but an equestrian statue or a chariot 2.
William Martin Leake, 1841
10
The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, ...
Acroterium {Gr.aKpornjpim, the summit or vertex),a statue or ornament of any
kind placed on the apex of a pediment. The term is often incorrectly restricted to
the plinth, which forms the podium merely for the acroterium. The statue of the
saint ...
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