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FRIEZE
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(Through the Fr. frise, and Ital. fregio, from the
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See also:Lat
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Phrygium, sc. See also:opus, Phrygian or embroidered See also:work), a See also:term given in See also:architecture to the central See also:division of the en-tablature of an See also:order (see ORDER), but also applied to any oblong See also:horizontal feature, introduced for decorative purposes and enriched with See also:carving
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The Doric frieze had a structural origin as the triglyphs suggest See also:vertical support
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The Ionic frieze was purely decorative and probably did not exist in the earliest examples, if we may See also:judge by the copies found in the Lycian tombs carved in the See also:rock
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There is no frieze in the Caryatide See also:portico of the See also:Erechtheum, but in the Ionic temples its introduction may have been necessitated in consequence of more height being required in the See also:entablature to carry the beams supporting the lacunaria over the See also:peristyle
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In the frieze of the Erechtheum the figures (about 2 ft. high) were carved in See also: Nearly the whole of the western frieze exists in situ; of the See also:remainder, about See also:half is in the See also:British Museum, and as much as remains is either in See also:Athens or in other museums . In some of the See also:Roman temples, as in the See also:temple of See also:Antoninus and See also:Faustina and the temple of the See also:Sun, the frieze is elaborately carved and in later work is made See also:convex, to which the term " pulvinated " is given . 2 . (Probably connected with " frizz," to curl; there is no See also:historical See also:reason to connect the word with See also:Friesland), a thick, rough woollen See also:cloth, of very lasting quality, and with a heavy See also:nap, forming small tufts or curls . It is largely manufactured in See also:Ireland . |
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