The pedestals supporting the base of the large urns are called acroteria. Chastely draped cherubs look down from above on both the Nostrand Avenue and Sterling Place sides, sitting amidst acanthus ...

Caryatids were commonly found in the Ionic order and were named after the city of Caryae. Acroteria are decorative elements placed on the corners of pediments, as well as on the corners of roofs.

Although the architect, Stepan Liphart, speaks of Leo von Klenze’s New Hermitage, personally, my first association was the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts designed by Roman Klein: there are also ...

Its composition follows the classical St. Petersburg style, with a palace-like courtyard. The decor is on the brink of Egyptian lotuses, neo-Greek acroteria, and classic 1930s “gears”; the recessed ...