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Definitions of friezes in various dictionaries:
noun - an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
noun - a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
noun - a coarse woolen fabric
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Decorative bands |
Sculpted bands in Greek architecture |
Entablature bands |
Architectural bands |
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May 2 2010 The Washington Post |
Jul 14 2005 USA Today |
May 22 2005 Newsday.com |
May 27 2001 New York Times |
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From the Latin for "embroidery", the Greeks carved these decorative horizontal bands on the sides of temples...brrr! |
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Plural form of frieze. |
a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling. |
A broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling. |
Heavy, coarse woollen cloth with a nap, usually on one side only. |
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In architecture the Frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon the architrave ('main beam') and is capped by the moldings of the cornice. A frieze can be found on many Greek and Roman buildings, the Parthenon Frieze being the most famous, and perhaps the most elaborate. This style is typical for the Persians. * In interiors, the frieze of a room is the section of wall above the picture rail and under the crown moldings or cornice. By extension, a frieze is a long stretch of painted, sculpted or even calligraphic decoration in such a position, normally above eye-level. Frieze decorations may depict scenes in a sequence of discrete panels. The material of which the frieze is made of may be plasterwork, carved wood or other decorative medium.In an example of an architectural frieze on the façade of a building, t |