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Architectural Lingo (page 1 of 6)
"Stylobate, Tryglyph & Flute, Oh Why!"
Don't know your pediment from your portico from your colonnade? Your classical from your neo-classical? Your abacus from a hole in the ground?
After you've mastered the lingo, enjoy each of the twenty-three tympanum sculptures in D.C.
Let's look at the Labor & Industry tympanum & learn the meaning of these words & more.
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