word of the week: ACROTERIA
2010 January 31
Acroterion at the Harold Washington Library
ACROTERIA: ornament (or pedestals for ornament) at the corners of a pediment. They are typically small classical accents as seen on the pediment of the Art Institute of Chicago, but can be extremely large as seen on the pediments of the Harold Washington Library. (singular: acroterion)
Notice the owl — symbolic of wisdom — framed by the acroterion on the Harold Washington Library.
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