tympanum

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Built in the Biedermeier period of the 19th century, his summer residence was a wedding gift from his mother, which he then expanded and remodeled with neoclassical columns and tympana.

From Washington Post

A fast-rising artist who had been commissioned at a young age to design the tympanum over the central doors of the National Cathedral, Hart was working in a long, historical tradition of realistic representation.

From Washington Post

The masons put together the pieces of the rose window and installed the tympanums and voussoirs over the doors.

From Literature

Macedonia’s main government complex, recently recast as a copy-and-paste White House, complete with square portico and tympanum, begged for recognition.

From New York Times

That stylistic mélange is evident in the desk-and-bookcase’s intricate carvings: The egg-and-dart pattern on the cornice is typical of Anglo-Philadelphia designs, while the heart motif on the tympanum comes from continental European folk traditions.

From Architectural Digest