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2. Pedestal - Wikipedia

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   Pedestal. A pedestal (from French piédestal, from Italian piedistallo 'foot of a stall') or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars. Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles. In civil engineering, it is also called basement. The minimum height of the plinth is usually kept as ...

3. Socle (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, a socle is a short plinth used to support a pedestal, sculpture, or column. In English, the term tends to be most used for the bases for rather small sculptures, with plinth or pedestal preferred for larger examples. [1] This is not the case in French. In the field of archaeology this term refers to a wall base, frequently of ...

4. Dado (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, the dado is the lower part of a wall, [1] below the dado rail and above the skirting board. The word is borrowed from Italian meaning "dice" or "cube", [2] and refers to "die", an architectural term for the middle section of a pedestal or plinth. [3]

5. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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   A plinth is a lower terminus of the face trim on a door that is thicker and often wider than the trim which it augments. Pediment (Gr. ἀετός, Lat. fastigium, Fr. ponton) In classic architecture, the triangular-shaped portion of the wall above the cornice which formed the termination of the roof behind it. The projecting mouldings of the ...

6. Pilaster - Wikipedia

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   As an ornament it consists of a flat surface raised from the main wall surface, usually treated as though it were a column, with a capital at the top, plinth (base) at the bottom, and the various other column elements. In contrast to a Classical pilaster, an engaged column or buttress can support the structure of a wall and roof above.

7. Statue of Liberty - Wikipedia

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   Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper -clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste ...