frieze
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Later still, he was drawn to Greco-Roman statuary: busts and friezes and architectural reliefs.
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The completed works will be displayed in the museum’s Santa Chiara Chapel, in a frieze arrangement evoking Renaissance ornament.
From New York Times
In 1687, during a siege by the Venetians, the munitions exploded, killing hundreds of people, tearing off the roof of the building and shattering 28 columns, parts of the frieze and the internal rooms.
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On the watch dial, the patinated-gold lion is engraved to closely resemble the one on the ancient frieze, complete with muscles and mane.
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Bodies are arranged into friezes and formations that suggest the Elgin marbles and the figures on the Pergamon Altar.
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