PEDIMENTS

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American English-Russian dictionary. Американский Англо-Русский словарь. 2012

PEDIMENT — I In Classical architecture , a triangular gable crowning a portico or facade. The pediment was the crowning feature of …
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FEDERAL STYLE — Neoclassical style of American architecture and interior design that flourished 1785–1820 (later in governmental buildings) and was influenced by the …
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CHURRIGUERESQUE — Spanish Rococo architectural style named after the architect José Churriguera (1665–1725). Visually frenetic, it featured a plethora of extravagant ornament …
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ALCAMENES — or Alkamenes born 5th century BC, Lemnos, in the Aegean Sea, and Athens Greek sculptor. A younger contemporary of Phidias …
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VOCABULARY — I. ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌlerē, -ri noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French vocabulaire, probably from Medieval Latin vocabularium, from …
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STUCCO — I. ˈstə(ˌ)kō noun ( plural stuccos or stuccoes ) Etymology: Italian, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German stucki …
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SUGGESTIVE — -estiv, -tēv also -təv adjective Etymology: Latin suggest us (past participle of suggerere to suggest) + English -ive 1. a. …
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PEDIPLAIN — noun or ped·i·plane ˈpedəˌ+- Etymology: pedi ment + plain : an extensive geological pediment or a plain resulting from the …
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FOLIAGE — (n.) A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to …
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CHIPPENDALE — (a.) Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture …
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FOLIAGE — vt to adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. 2. foliage ·noun …
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CHIPPENDALE — add. ·adj designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by thomas chippendale, an english cabinetmaker of the 18th century. chippendale …
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TOR — exposed rock mass of jointed and broken blocks. Tors are seldom more than 15 metres (50 feet) high and often …
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PLANATION SURFACE — any low-relief plain cutting across varied rocks and structures. Among the most common landscapes on Earth, planation surfaces include pediments, …
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PEDIMENT — in architecture, triangular gable crowning a portice (area, with a roof supported by columns, leading to the entrance of a …
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LANDFORM — any conspicuous topographic feature on the Earth or a similar planetary body or satellite. Familiar examples are mountains (including volcanic …
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INSELBERG — (from German insel, island, and berg, mountain), isolated hill that stands above well-developed plains and appears not unlike an island …
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ICE DANCING — Figure skating and ice dancing The rink used for ice-skating competitions has the art or sport of dancing on ice …
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GABLE — triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, extending from the eaves to the peak. The gables …
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FURNITURE — household equipment, usually made of wood, metal, plastics, marble, glass, fabrics, or related materials and having a variety of different …
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ESCUTCHEON — in furniture design, an armorial shield sometimes applied to the centre of pediments on pieces of fine furniture and, also, …
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DESERT — any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. It is one of the Earth's major types of ecosystems, …
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CONTINENTAL LANDFORM — any conspicuous topographic feature on the largest land areas of the Earth. Familiar examples are mountains (including volcanic cones), plateaus, …
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BOOKCASE — piece of furniture fitted with shelves, often enclosed by glass doors, to hold books. A form of bookcase was used …
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NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM — Greek Ethnikon Archaiologikon Mouseion, in Athens, museum of ancient Greek art, containing probably the finest collection of Greek antiquities in …
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INTERIOR DESIGN IN THE WEST — Interior design in the West Renaissance to the end of the 18th century The Renaissance was a revival of the …
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CHURRIGUERESQUE — Spanish Churrigueresco, Spanish Rococo style in architecture, historically a late Baroque return to the aesthetics of the earlier Plateresque (q.v.) …
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PEDIMENT — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It forms a perfect square, with five bays on every side with the huge segmental …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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PEDIMENT — n. In geology, any relatively flat surface of bedrock (exposed or lightly covered with soil or gravel) that occurs at …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PEDIMENT — n. In Classical architecture , a triangular gable crowning a portico or facade. The pediment was the crowning feature of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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