frieze

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Yet collectively they suggest a frieze on an antique sarcophagus, aligned on the rosy ledge across the bottom of the painting, their heads forming a horizontal row with that of Jesus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

They’re lined up like figures on the carved frieze of a Roman sarcophagus, except the slight tilt of the camera has them poised to slide out of the frame.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

Would curators notice if Carlo Pellegrini’s “Winter Sports” frieze, the first winning painting in 1912, went up for sale?

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

Just below, sculpted panels stood at intervals along all four sides, while an unbroken strip of relief sculpture - the frieze - depicting a religious procession ran around the outer wall inside the colonnade.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023

The frieze alone boasted a thousand sparrows so lifelike that real birds had been known to while away their lives romancing them in vain.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor