Where the dome rests upon the four arches which support it, are four triangular corner-pieces called pendentives, which also belong to ❋ 1489-1534 [Illustrator] Correggio (1893)
But the Modigliani arches and pendentives had been completely repurposed by another civilization entirely, one with smaller, saner dreams. ❋ Princeofcairo (2005)
The High Temple's great dome mounted on pendentives was a wonder of the world. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2005)
- Roofs: mixed system of terrace roofs, using compressed earth block vaulting and reinforced concrete girders, and compressed earth block cupolas (at the four corners of the building) on pendentives. ❋ Unknown (1995)
Lighting combines artificial lighting, with spotlights placed under the vaulting and at the springpoint corbels of the pendentives of each of the cupolas, with natural light from the interior patio. ❋ Unknown (1995)
The four pendentives which supported the dome contained emblematic pictures representing the four States most benefited by the ❋ DeLancey M. Ellis (N/A)
Something similar occurs in the Byzantine dome on pendentives, only instead of supporting the horizontal weight of ❋ Dewitt H. Parker (N/A)
Below the angels with their outstretched arms in the pendentives the western sides of the great transverse arches have inscriptions from the _Benedicite_, and on their eastern from Romans i. ❋ Arthur Dimock (N/A)
The reason for these and their accessories, the pendentives, may best be understood from Wren's own words. ❋ Arthur Dimock (N/A)
The pendentives, which supported the dome, had four emblematic pictures representing the four States most benefited by the purchase, the blue Mississippi in the background of each. ❋ Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission (N/A)
Mosaics line the arches of the nave and the pendentives, and form the flooring; and in the midst of this richness of colour the grey pillars rise, one after the other in long, shadowy perspective, like the trees of a stately grove. ❋ Elise Whitlock Rose (N/A)
The application of ceramics to decorative purposes was again found in the trimmings of the portieres in the shape of pendentives. ❋ Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission (N/A)
There are also good foliage bosses against the walls between the pendentives. ❋ Cecil Walter Charles Hallett (N/A)
The mural decorations in the rotunda consisted of four pendentives illustrating the prehistoric savage, developing and productive eras in the State's history. ❋ Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission (N/A)
By him are likewise the frescoes in the eight compartments of the cupola; those in the pendentives are by B. Gatti. ❋ C. B. Black (N/A)
Then the prophets between the windows of the dome and the four evangelists in the pendentives. ❋ Various (N/A)
But above all, the dome, with its great span carried on piers, arches, and pendentives, constitutes one of the greatest achievements of architecture. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
(These pendentives are the triangular surfaces by means of which a circular dome can be supported on the summits of four arches arranged on a square plan.) ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
For the sacristy of San Lorenzo at Florence he built its polygonal dome, without a drum, on a square plan, by means of pendentives (projecting spherical triangles). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Around the dome, between the lunettes, are vaulted triangular spaces or pendentives; in these are placed prophets and sibyls, together with boy-angels, all pointing to the approaching redemption. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
“Yo your whole fit is goofy [as hell]”
“[Man fuck] you why you [pendent-stepping]” ❋ Myleftlegstoppedworking (2021)
