Dutch gable
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In architecture, a Dutch gable or Flemish gable is a gable whose sides have a shape made up of one or more curves and which has a pediment at the top. The gable may be an entirely decorative projectio
Dutch gables of varying complexity decorate the garden facade of Montacute House built circa 1598
Typical facade in Arras, northern France
Cape Dutch gable on a house in Stellenbosch, South Africa
Pediment
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Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice, or entablature if supported by columns. In a
Dutch gable
…In architecture, a Dutch gable or Flemish gable is a gable whose sides have a shape made up of one or more curves and which has a pediment at the top. The gable may be an entirely decorative projection above a flat section of roof line, or may be the termination of a roof, like a normal…
Types of pediment; "curved" and "broken" examples at the lower right
Neoclassical pediment of the Madeleine Church, Paris, with sculpture (1826–1834) by Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire
Open pediments on windows at the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, begun 1534
Open pediment in a fresco from Boscoreale, 43-30 BC