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What is a pediment?

What is a pediment? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.
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The work comprises a limestone bust lodged under a classicized pediment surmounted by the poet's coat of arms and two putti.
Determining an appropriate finial for the pediment required another approach.
I believe that things like the pediment of the Parthenon were also generated from lifecasts.
The twelve-panel front door is surmounted with a transom window and framed by fluted pilasters supporting an open pediment.
The frieze in the pediment on the outside of the building is depicted below.
It is an imposing edifice, a mock temple based on the classical Greek model, with a fine pediment and no fewer than six columns.

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