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 kept the field dimensions, re-created the limestone and granite façade, preserved views up to the elevated rail tracks and approximated the original frieze above the upper deck.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

As Pareja, Brito’s silhouette is powerful, especially when Vilaro places him in the middle of dancers, frozen in place as if caught in a frieze.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 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