Glossary · B
Broken pediment
Also called open pediment
A pediment whose sloping sides stop short of the apex, leaving a gap; used in Baroque architecture and furniture and revived by postmodernists.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Renaissance and Baroque, The Contemporary.
A feature of Mannerism, Neoclassical architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Brahmasthana · Bressumer · Brise-soleil · Broderie · Brutalism · Bungalow · Buttery · Buttress