Definition of Acroterium. Meaning of Acroterium. Synonyms of Acroterium

- An acroterion, acroterium, (pl. akroteria) is an architectural ornament placed on a flat pedestal called the acroter or plinth, and mounted at the apex...
- Parts of an Ancient Gr**** temple of the Doric Order: 1. Tympanum, 2. Acroterium, 3. Sima 4. Cornice 5. Mutules 7. Frieze 8. Triglyph 9. Metope 10. Regula...
- excavated. Thesan was depicted with wings and sometimes nude, such as a clay acroterium from Astrone valley. According to scholar De Grummond: "Although Thesan...
- acroteria designed by Kent Bloomer with owl figures by Raymond Kaskey. The acroterium on the State Street side depicts an owl, a symbol of knowledge due to...
- each of the columns is a statue of a warrior, and on the summit of the acroterium which surmounts the attic is a figure in a quadriga or ancient four horse...
- The Chiaramonti Niobid, a Roman copy of the same statue type as the temple's best-preserved acroterium....
- three-story facade is four pairs of columns and lantern-like finials with two acroterium on top of angular piers on the column's end. Its pediment ends up in a...
- Aleijadinho's characteristic curvilinear volutes ascending to an arched acroterium capped by a stone cross. Flaming finials at the pediment corners are representative...
- the opposite acroterium, the one depicting St. Peter, and to the short side of the ark on which St. George is depicted; the other acroterium, depicting...
- niche, where the image of Nossa Senhora do Livramento is placed in an acroterium. This sculpture was found in the old Town Hall built next to the Cathedral...