In architecture, an antefix (from Latin antefigere 'to fasten before') is a vertical block which terminates and conceals the covering tiles of a tiled...

designed for each roof they are used on for effective functionality. An antefix is a vertical block which terminates and conceals the base of a mission...

Winged curl-haired Gorgon (Medusa) holding Pegasus; relief terracotta antefix, Temple of Athena at Syracuse, in the Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo...

red-figure kylix from Vulci, Etruria, c. 475–425 BC Etruscan terracotta antefix with head of Silenus, 4th century BC (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore) Statue...

the plain roof tiles, such as Chinese Imperial roof decoration and the antefix of western classical architecture. In India West Bengal made a speciality...

Ancient Greek polychrome antefix, featuring a Gorgona. Archaeological Museum of Eretria...

decorative details in terracotta polychrome, such as friezes, acroterion, antefixs and plaques with narrative scenes or with various ornamental motifs. The...

dimensional lumber, with trim added for decoration and/or weatherproofing later. Antefix Cornice Eaves Fascia Karamon – use in Japanese architecture Soffit Patton...

headless bust of a well-dressed young girl that may have served as the antefix or acroterion of the temple as possibly being a representation of Hebe...

architraves of wood and to protect the overhang, terracotta tiles and elaborate antefix decorations. The city and acropolis walls were built from 505 BC, as well...

Flame palmette terracotta antefix, Athens....

the discovery of a dolphin antefix (roof fitting) from levels within the military bathhouse dated to about AD 60. The antefix appears to have been created...

on an antefix on the twenty-celled building on Pyrgi who is again depicted with two horses. This claim is supported by the fact that this antefix is paired...

Downing College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, by Quinlan Terry, 1992 Antefix Finial List of classical architecture terms Webb, Pamela A. (1996). Hellenistic...

A tile antefix of the Twentieth Legion, bearing the legion's symbol, a wild boar...

This Archaic gorgon's head antefix has been cast in a mould, fired and painted....

the face of the sikhara tower (in South India, the vimana) as a sort of antefix. The forms of the sukanasa can vary considerably, but it normally has a...

likeness to the goat-horned Greek god Pan. The entablature is topped with an antefix using an anthemion design. Inside the portico is a rusticated arch, which...

Image of Lokapala god on Shiva temple Image of Devata and Apsaras Corner antefix carved as a Kala head Balarama is prying apart the jaws of Kaliya. Krishna...

Terracotta antefix with the head of a Silenus; c. 500–490 BC., from the Baths of Diocletian at Lanuvium...

the face of the shikhara tower (in South India, the vimana) as a sort of antefix. Can refer to the antarala below as well. sukanasa-sika Agni Purana XLII...

rougher finish. Adobe – Building material of earth and organic materials Antefix – Terminal block for the covering tiles of a roof Architectural terracotta –...

of Art (New York City) Illustration which shows antefixes in position Antefix with Medusa, 6th or 5th centuries BC, ceramic, Pushkin Museum (Moscow)...

Polychrome antefix with female head with nimbus from Lanuvium, late-Archic temple of Juno Sospita, 500 BC, Villa Poniatowski, Rome...

column capital, a relief of a chlamys-garbed man in contrapposto style, a mosaic reminiscent of contemporary Hellenistic art, and a palmette antefix...

A moulded antefix roof tile showing the badge and standard of Legion XX, from Holt, in north Wales...

6th century BC. The sculpture reaches a very high level of expression. Antefix Etruscan civilization Ornament (architecture) List of classical architecture...

Antefix with Satyr and Maenad dancing from the acropolis, Temple of Mater Matuta, 490-470 BC...

Antefix in the Museum August Kestner in Hannover: Front view of a Siren with outstretched wings...

area containing a squatting panther with its head turned back. The right antefix has an eleven-leaf palmetto; the left hand side is broken. The inscription...