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.[3]
More loosely, "frieze" is sometimes used for any continuous horizontal strip of decoration on a wall, containing figurative or ornamental motifs. In an example of an architectural frieze on the façade of a building, the octagonal Tower of the Winds in the Roman agora at Athens bears relief sculptures of the eight winds on its frieze.
A pulvinated frieze (or pulvino) is convex in section. Such friezes were features of 17th-century Northern Mannerism, especially in subsidiary friezes, and much employed in interior architecture and in furniture.
^Senseney, John R. (2021-03-01). "The Architectural Origins of the Parthenon Frieze". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 80 (1): 12–29. doi:10.1525/jsah.2021.80.1.12. ISSN 0037-9808.
^Cotterill, Henry Bernard (1913). Ancient Greece: A Sketch of Its Art, Literature & Philosophy Viewed in Connexion with Its External History from Earliest Times to the Age of Alexander the Great. George G. Harrap & Company.
^"Parthenon Frieze". www.mcah.columbia.edu. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
frieze, other, uses, disambiguation, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, schola. For other uses see Frieze disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Frieze news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message In classical architecture the frieze f r iː z is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order or decorated with bas reliefs Paterae are also usually used to decorate friezes 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 1 2 Doric frieze at the Temple of Hephaestus Athens 449 415 BCE The Circus Bath UK Architectural detail of the frieze showing the alternating triglyphs and metope John Wood the Elder architect Frieze of animals mythological episodes at the base of Hoysaleswara temple IndiaWhat is described as frieze on the roof of Yankee StadiumIn 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 3 More loosely frieze is sometimes used for any continuous horizontal strip of decoration on a wall containing figurative or ornamental motifs In an example of an architectural frieze on the facade of a building the octagonal Tower of the Winds in the Roman agora at Athens bears relief sculptures of the eight winds on its frieze A pulvinated frieze or pulvino is convex in section Such friezes were features of 17th century Northern Mannerism especially in subsidiary friezes and much employed in interior architecture and in furniture The concept of a frieze has been generalized in the mathematical construction of frieze patterns Contents 1 Achaemenid friezes 2 Greek friezes 3 Indian friezes 4 References 5 External linksAchaemenid friezes edit nbsp Achaemenid Lotus and Palmette scroll nbsp Achaemenid frieze designs at Persepolis Greek friezes edit nbsp Ionic frieze of the Erechtheum Athens 421 406 BCE nbsp Top Kyanos frieze from Tiryns Bottom Frieze of the Erechtheion in Athens 4th BCE nbsp Frieze from Delphi incorporating lotuses with multiple calyxesIndian friezes edit nbsp Frieze of the lost capital of the Allahabad pillar with two lotuses framing a flame palmette surrounded by small rosette flowers 3rd BCE nbsp Rampurva bull capital detail of the abacus with two flame palmettes framing a lotus surrounded by small rosette flowers 3rd BCE nbsp Frieze of the Sankissa elephant 3rd century BCEReferences edit Senseney John R 2021 03 01 The Architectural Origins of the Parthenon Frieze Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 80 1 12 29 doi 10 1525 jsah 2021 80 1 12 ISSN 0037 9808 Cotterill Henry Bernard 1913 Ancient Greece A Sketch of Its Art Literature amp Philosophy Viewed in Connexion with Its External History from Earliest Times to the Age of Alexander the Great George G Harrap amp Company Parthenon Frieze www mcah columbia edu Retrieved May 7 2017 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Friezes Frieze Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed 1911 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frieze amp oldid 1182569443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
