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    style. An acroterion placed at the outer angles of the pediment is an acroterion angularium (angulārium means ‘at the corners’). The acroterion may take...
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    Acroterion of winged gorgon, 540-530 BC, from the temple...
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    quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses, which was on top of the roof as an acroterion. This sculpture, as well as the cult statue of Jupiter in the main cella...
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  • acromegalia, acromegaly, acromion, acronym, acrophobia, acropolis, acrostic, acroterion, acrotomophilia actin- beam, ray Greek ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος (aktís, aktînos)...
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    post of an ornate metal stair railing, Town Hall, Birkenhead, England Acroterion Alem (finial) Crocket Chigi (architecture) Mandir kalasha Souvenir spoon...
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    (Kourotrophos) rather than an abductor of young men, the late Archaic sculptural acroterion from Etruscan Cære, now in Berlin, showing the goddess in archaic running...
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    Spring and Autumn period, Qin state, acroterion with deer and roe deer, c. 770-475 BCE, from Doufu, Baoji (Provincial institute of archeology of Shaanxi)...
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    bust of a well-dressed young girl that may have served as the antefix or acroterion of the temple as possibly being a representation of Hebe. Hebe was also...
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    the roof were decorated with sphinx acroteria, and the central, vegetal acroterion of each side had a pair of kore statues standing one on either side, an...
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  • World’s Fair, designed by Moore's firm MLTW. Bloomer designed the exuberant acroterion on Thomas Beeby’s Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago, and the...
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