A pediment is the highly visible and memorable “triangle” found above porticos — two-story porches — doorways, windows and dormers. Developed by ancient Greeks as the decorative end to a gable roof, ...

In classical architecture, a pediment is a low-pitched triangular gable on the front of a building. The motif has survived through the ages, though in forms that have sometimes deviated wildly from ...

Pediments first appeared as the gable ends of Greek temples - the Parthenon has the definitive pair. When classical architecture came to rainy Britain in the Renaissance, however, pediments would not ...