Editing Pediment (section)

===Medieval===
In [[Carolingian architecture|Carolingian]] and [[Romanesque architecture]] pediments tended towards the [[equilateral triangle]], and the enclosing cornice has little emphasis; they are often merely gable ends with some ornament. In [[Gothic architecture]] pediments with a much more [[acute angle]] at the top were used, especially over doorways and windows, but while the rising sides of the cornice is elaborate, the horizontal bottom element was typically not very distinct. Often there is a [[pointed arch]] underneath, and no bottom element at all. "Pediment" is typically not used for these; they are often called a "canopy".  From the Renaissance onwards, some pediments no longer fitted the steeply pitched roofs and became freestanding, sometimes sloping in the opposite direction to the roof behind.

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File:F06.St.-Jouin.1912.jpg|[[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] pediment of the [[Abbaye Saint-Jouin de Marnes]], Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes, Deux-Sèvres, France, started in 1095
File:Castel del monte-entrance.jpg|Entrance of the [[Castel del Monte, Apulia]], Italy, 1240s
File:Orvieto, cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (017).jpg|[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] pediment of [[Orvieto Cathedral]], Orvieto, Italy, 1290-1591
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