Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or of the nature of a pediment; found on a pediment; designed to be used in a pediment.
- Having the form of a pediment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a pediment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
pediment .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The head of each rests on a helmet, and the lady wears the "pedimental" headdress of Tudor fashion.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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One set of columns was pedimental, and the other was not.
The Highest Price for Passion Laurinda D. Brown 2008
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One set of columns was pedimental, and the other was not.
The Highest Price for Passion Laurinda D. Brown 2008
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One set of columns was pedimental, and the other was not.
The Highest Price for Passion Laurinda D. Brown 2008
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One set of columns was pedimental, and the other was not.
The Highest Price for Passion Laurinda D. Brown 2008
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The inference seems certain that the pedimental decoration, if present at all, was either of wood or of terracotta, or was merely painted on a smooth surface.
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From this point of view, it does not seem impossible that pedimental groups might have fallen under the influence of vase technic.
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The first question which presents itself in the present consideration is: Why should these pedimental groups follow vase paintings?
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It is held that, if artists had become accustomed to carving pedimental groups in wood, the first examples that we have in stone would not show so great inability to deal with the conditions of pedimental composition.
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For there still exists a continuous series of pedimental groups, first in low relief then in high relief, and finally standing altogether free from the background, and becoming sculpture in the round.
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