The treasury was also one of the first Greek buildings to utilize falling and reclining figures to fill the corners of the pediment.

The pediment shows the story of Herakles stealing Apollo's tripod that was strongly associated with his oracular inspiration.

The eastern pediment shows a moment of stillness and " impending drama " before the beginning of a chariot race, the figures of Zeus and the competitors being severe and idealised representations of the human form.

An old view on an altarpiece in the Lübeck fortress monastery shows a Holsten Gate with five pediment towers.

The gopura's eastern pediment shows Indra, who was associated with that direction, mounted on his three-headed elephant Airavata.

The eastern pediment of the gopura shows Śiva Nāṭarāja ; the west-facing pediment has an image of Durgā.

A pediment on one of the galleries shows the lion-man Narasiṃha clawing the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu.

* The east-facing pediment on the southern library shows Śiva seated on the summit of Mount Kailāsa, his mythological abode.

* The west-facing pediment on southern library shows Śiva again seated on the summit of Mount Kailāsa.

Another pediment shows the burning of Khāṇḍava Forest.

* The east-facing pediment on the northern library shows the god of the sky Indra creating rain to put out a forest fire started by the god of fire Agni for purposes of killing the nāga king Takṣaka who lived in Khāṇḍava Forest.

Above that, the pediment shows Britannia receiving the manufacturers of Birmingham.

A Renaissance drawing of a damaged relief in the Louvre Museum shows a four-horse chariot ( quadriga ) beside a two-horse chariot ( biga ) to the right of the latter at the highest point of the pediment, the two statues serving as the central acroterion, and statues of the god Mars and goddess Venus surmounting the corners of the cornice, serving as acroteria.

The gopura has three entrances, the east-facing pediment of the northern one shows " the offering of the animals in the forest of Parilyyaka ", where the Buddha retreated after leaving Kosambi.

Walter Burkert notes that though the story of Hippodamia's abduction figures in the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women and on the chest of Cypselus ( c. 570 BCE ) that was conserved at Olympia, and though preparations for the chariot-race figured in the east pediment of the great temple of Zeus at Olympia, the myth of the chariot race only became important at Olympia with the introduction of chariot racing in the twenty-fifth Olympiad ( 680 BCE ).

The house has no actual front door, as both the riverside and courtyard side entrances contain a two story portico with Doric columns supporting a pediment.

It was given a new façade, a triangular corniced pediment — the height of modernity at the time — and another story was added.

In the pediment of the temple of Zeus in Olympia, the single figure of Apollo is dominating the scene.

The western pediment has Apollo as the central figure, " majestic " and " remote ", presiding over a battle of Lapiths and Centaurs, in strong contrast to that of the eastern pediment for its depiction of violent action, and described by D. E. Strong as the " most powerful piece of illustration " for a hundred years.

* The sculpture Apollo with battling Lapiths and centaurs is built on the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia ( approximate date ).

The west front of the St Martin ’ s has a portico with a pediment supported by a giant order of Corinthian columns, six wide.

The visual focus of the entire complex was centred precisely on the dominant axis of the great triangular pediment supported by Ionic columns, which bears the family arms, such that the villa ’ s flanks and rear are absolutely unarticulated and present a simply utilitarian aspect.

The architectural composition of Christ Church demonstrates Hawksmoor ’ s usual abruptness: the very plain rectangular box of the nave is surmounted at its west end by a broad tower of three stages topped by a steeple more Gothic than classical. The magnificent porch with its semi circular pediment and Tuscan columns is attached bluntly to the west end: it may indeed be a late addition to the design intended to add further support to the tower.

Thomas ’ work was undoubtedly influenced by 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, the central Roman temple that consists of the pediment, four engaged Corinthian columns, and the three arches underneath very closely resemble the work of an Italian Classist architect Andrea Palladio.

Below the new building ’ s west pediment is the inscription: “ The Senate is the Living Symbol of Our Union of States .”

On the pediment of the Hierapolis mill, a waterwheel fed by a mill race is shown transmitting power through a gear train to two frame saws, which cut rectangular blocks by way of some kind of connecting rods and, through mechanical necessity, cranks.

In Cassin's model, the last three articles of the Declaration provide the pediment which binds the structure together.

In the three orders of Ancient Greek architecture, the sculptural decoration, be it a simple half round astragal, a frieze of stylised foliage or the ornate sculpture of the pediment, is all essential to the architecture of which it is a part.

The acroteria were sculptured by Timotheus, except for that at the centre of the east pediment which is the work of the architect.

On top of these, Strickland placed eight severe Doric columns, which are crowned by an entablature containing a triglyph frieze and simple triangular pediment.

An image of a Gorgon holds the primary location at the pediment of the temple at Corfu, which is the oldest stone pediment in Greece, and is dated to c. 600 BC.

The gravel pediment, which allows only the growth of desert shrubs and cacti, extends from the Rimrock to the flood plain of the river.

The style adopted for this part of the museum was Italian Renaissance, much use was made of terracotta, brick and mosaic, this north façade was intended as the main entrance to the museum with its bronze doors designed by James Gamble & Reuben Townroe having six panels depicting: Humphry Davy ( chemistry ); Isaac Newton ( astronomy ); James Watt ( mechanics ); Bramante ( architecture ); Michelangelo ( sculpture ); Titian ( painting ); thus representing the range of the museums collections, Godfrey Sykes also designed the terracotta embellishments and the mosaic in the pediment of the North Façade commemorating the Great Exhibition the profits from which helped to fund the museum, this is flanked by terracotta statue groups by Percival Ball.

These chairs had pediment backs which matched the four stone triangular pediments in this room.

Motto: " Mea Gloria Fides " (" Trust is My Renown "), which is displayed in large Roman capitals on the frieze of the classical pediment of Wentworth Woodhouse

A new competition was set up in 1828-29, to determine the design for sculptures for the pediment, a Last Judgment, in which Mary Magdalene knelt to intercede for the Damned ; the winner was Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire.

The Royal Engineers designed the original Chapel, which features red brick, terracotta moulding, interlocking pediment copies and corbels in 1879.

A heavy entablature separates the second and third levels, atop which sits less pronounced pilasters and simply framed windows, with the entire facade capped by a narrow cornice and a pediment with a tympanum that bears a bas relief of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom ( believed to be the largest rendition in the Commonwealth ).

The only other loss has been the external sculptures, which adorned the pediment above Agrippa's inscription.

Motto: " Mea Gloria Fides " (" Trust is My Renown "), which is displayed in large Roman capitals on the frieze of the classical pediment of Wentworth Woodhouse.

The pediment also had images of Britannia, supported by mermaids, which were sculpted by William Bloye.

At the north-west side is Vintners Court, a 1990s office block which has a classical facade of columns and pediment ; this was developed on the site owned by the Worshipful Company of Vintners whose Hall is behind it on Upper Thames Street ; the style was chosen to compliment the north-west end of London Bridge at which is the Fishmongers Hall.

Each face of the octagonal plan is bored d ' a window, each one framed of two red granite columns, with which the semicircular arch is surmounted d ' a triangular pediment.

Elegant townhouses were built around the park, which remained largely the private domain of the residents, though now some of the Tory patricians of New York were replaced by Republican ones ; leading New York merchants, led by Abraham Kennedy, in a mansion at 1 Broadway that had a 56-foot facade under a central pediment and a front towards the Battery Parade, as the new piece of open ground was called.

It is topped by a pediment which contains the figure of a lion.

The entrance facade has a portico with six Corinthian columns, supporting a pediment with a tympanum sculpture by Sir Robert Taylor, in the centre of which is a symbolic figure of the City of London trampling on her enemies.

A cornice is topped by another pediment and the sloping roof gives way for a central octagonal drum atop which rests a dome.

But a yale is depicted on the official banner of the President of the University, which is carried and displayed during commencement exercises each spring, and yales can be seen above the gateway to Yale's Davenport College and the pediment of Timothy Dwight College.