- a statue, tripod, disc, urn,
palmette or some
other sculpted feature.
Acroteria are also
found in
Gothic architecture. They are
sometimes incorporated...
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goddess of youth, but
Hygieia is also possible. The
eastern corner acroteria were
Nereids riding dolphins, one of
which is in
Athens (inv. NM 3397...
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Supplements V. Baltimore. Gottlieb,
Carla (1957). "The
Pediment Sculpture and
Acroteria from the
Hephaisteion and
Temple of Ares in the
Agora at Athens". American...
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acroteria were
sculptured by Timotheus,
except for that at the
centre of the east
pediment which is the work of the architect. The
palmate acroteria have...
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sloping pitches (or also
definable as “roofed”), with
parallelepiped acroteria at the four
corners of each side. The type of the ark is that of the so-called...
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Asclepieium on Kos (probably the sons of Praxiteles).
Three of the four
acroteria have been identified. They
depicted the
murder of the
Niobids by Apollo...
- a
tithe from the enemies.
Paeonius of
Mende made it and in
making the
acroteria for the
temple he was victorious. —Inschriften von
Olympia 259 —James...
- In 1993, the roof was
ornamented with
seven large,
painted aluminum acroteria designed by Kent
Bloomer with owl
figures by
Raymond Kaskey. The acroterium...
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architectural elements such as
temple pediments, and
ornamental antefixes and
acroteria, or
decorating various round objects, such as shields, coins, and the...
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would have been a
likely statue to have a
bronze core when
serving as an
acroteria. 3) The
Tripod is
commonly used as a
symbol of victory. A commemorative...
