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
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
Polychrome
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Polychrome is the "practice of decorating architectural elements, sculpture, etc., in a variety of colors." The term is used to refer to certain styles of architecture, pottery, or sculpture in multip
1883 reconstruction of color scheme of the entablature on a Doric temple
Cave painting at Serra da Capivara National Park, Brazil, depicting humans and animals, about 20,000 BP
Stencils of hands at the Cueva de las Manos, Argentina, dated to either 7,300 BC to 700 AD or 13,000–9,000 BP
Cave paintings of Laas Geel, Somaliland, depicting cattle, mid-4th millennium to mid-3rd millennium BC