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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

Flame palmette terracotta antefix, Athens....

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...

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...

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

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

dice amphora, by Exekias, 550-525 BC, pottery, Vatican Museums Etruscan antefix of a female figure with palmettes, c.520-510 BC, terracotta, Metropolitan...

Moulded antefix roof tile showing the badge and standard of Legion XX, from Holt, Clwyd, Wales...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

A Roman antefix roof tile showing the badge and standard of Legio XX Valeria Victrix, one of the legions that joined Carausius' rebellion...

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...

equivalent (rai-de-cœur) is rarely used. Ancient Greek leaf-and-dart on an antefix fragment, 450-400 BC, unknown material, Museo archeologico nazionale di...

A Roman Antefix roof tile showing the boar badge and standard of the Twentieth Legion...

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...

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