Category:Bucrania

**bucranium**
	Decorative motif of Greek and Roman antiquity
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English: Bucranium (plural bucrania) is the Latin word for the skull of an ox. It is also an architectural term used to describe a common form of carved decoration in Classical architecture, used to fill the metopes between the triglyphs of the frieze of Doric temples.

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Media in category "Bucrania"

The following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total.

A fragment of a pottery vessel (sherd). The exterior is painted with a highly schematic bull's head and horns (bucranium). From Tell Arpachiyah, Iraq. Halaf period, 6000-5000 BCE.jpg 2,843 × 2,819; 6.2 MB
AMI-Pottery 1.JPG 5,456 × 3,632; 4.38 MB
Basel 2012-09-28 Mattes (248).JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 3.61 MB
Bellapais Kloster - Römischer Sarkophag 2.jpg 1,712 × 2,560; 1.84 MB
Boscolo hotel. Goat skulls and hole. - 9-11 Erzsébet Boulevard, Budapest.JPG 1,704 × 2,272; 926 KB
Bucranium - Frieze - Temple of Vespasian - Tabularium - Rome 2016 (2).jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 9.84 MB
Bucranium - Frieze - Temple of Vespasian - Tabularium - Rome 2016 (3).jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 10.7 MB
Bucranium - Frieze - Temple of Vespasian - Tabularium - Rome 2016 (4).jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 9.66 MB
Bucranium - Frieze - Temple of Vespasian - Tabularium - Rome 2016.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 11.16 MB
Cara de Boi.JPG 3,534 × 4,894; 6.47 MB
Cours d'architecture enseigné dans l'Academie royale d'architecture - premiere(-cinquième) partie (1675) (14783021075).jpg 1,988 × 2,580; 1.24 MB
Ephesos Museum Wien - Parthermonument 1.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 5.92 MB
Ephesos P1210424.JPG 4,000 × 3,000; 4.02 MB
Fragment of a pottery jar or cup, painted with geometric designs and bucrania. From Iraq (no provenance was provided). Halaf period, 5900-5200 BCE. Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.jpg 3,945 × 3,626; 12.98 MB
Fragments de vases en terre cuite, et de monuments en marbre et en pierre. Page of L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs, published in 1851.webp 1,439 × 2,000; 158 KB
Frieze - Temple of Vespasian - Tabularium - Rome 2016 (2).jpg 5,126 × 3,349; 13.81 MB
Frieze - Temple of Vespasian - Tabularium - Rome 2016.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 11.36 MB
Lokroi 640039.jpg 325 × 157; 31 KB
Meyers b3 s0614 b1.png 123 × 131; 7 KB
Oddly Arranged Park Benches.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 695 KB
Pupila-augusta-master-sb-1490s.jpg 1,200 × 710; 185 KB
Sir Robert Dormer tomb - detail - geograph.org.uk - 4362801.jpg 1,024 × 693; 226 KB
Stele da apollonia, III secolo ac.JPG 1,964 × 2,904; 4.64 MB
Thasitische Drachme 780285 C.jpg 500 × 245; 32 KB
Titian-love-fortune-death-1520.jpg 2,070 × 2,500; 2.02 MB
Tumulus Kerma.jpg 6,720 × 3,780; 26.88 MB
Wing - All Saints - Dormer sarcophagus with bucrania - geograph.org.uk - 4250680.jpg 1,157 × 1,000; 883 KB
Český Krumlov - 3.Schlosshof 2.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 1.42 MB
Ştefan cel Mare Monument, Chişinău (4867174348).jpg 769 × 1,024; 186 KB