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Chris -- 2018-04-11
A frieze is an ornamental architectural band between the architrave and the cornice which can often feature figures in frozen motion and attitudes. ‘Frieze’ is an uncommon word and the assumption that the word is ‘freeze’ is an understandable one…
... can only tell as a Greek rather than Roman girl by virtue of the marble freeze of fighting Centaurs and Amazon patterned after the Parthenon metopes. ...
www.artrenewal.org/articles/2002/John_W … dward8.asp – 66k – Cached
The elaborate freeze on the western façade (see below) depicts the basis of Amsterdam’s wealth. The female personification of the city reaches out for the …
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... worth visiting including the old Venetian fortress and the Archeological Museum which houses a gigantic ancient freeze depicting Medusa, the Gorgon. ...
www.foi.org.uk/islands.php?island=corfu&page=toptrips – 14k – Cached
The annexed chapel is divided into two parts by a marble freeze. At the bottom, the soldier saints are depicted. Important members of the church are …
www.exploreturkey.com/exptur.phtml?id=139 – 14k – Cached
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