cornices

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The city overwhelmed our expectations. The Kiplingesque grandeur of Waterloo Station, the Eliotic despondency of the brick row in Chelsea the Dickensian nightmare of fog and sweating pavement and besmirched cornices. John Updike

It falls in the broken parts of glaciers (seracs) and from overhanging cornices formed on the crests of narrow ridges. Source: Internet

The façade was ornamented with marble columns, and the piers and attics with decorative cornices. Source: Internet

Once above the step, it is a comparatively easy climb to the top on moderately angled snow slopes—though the exposure on the ridge is extreme, especially while traversing large cornices of snow. Source: Internet

The triangular space framed by the cornices is the location of the most significant sculptural decoration on the exterior of the building. Source: Internet

Vasari, a painter and architect as well, emphasised its perspective length by the matching facades' continuous roof cornices, and unbroken cornices between storeys and the three continuous steps on which the palace-fronts stand. Source: Internet