what is the meaning of the word frieze?

Answer 1

In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or — in the Ionic or Corinthian order — decorated with bas-reliefs. In an astylar wall it lies upon the architrave ('main beam') and is capped by the moldings of the cornice.

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 band of painted, sculpted or even calligraphic decoration in such a position, above eye-level. Frieze decorations may depict scenes in a sequence of discrete panels. The material of which the frieze is made may be plasterwork, carved wood or other decorative medium.

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 bas-relief sculptures of the eight winds on its frieze.

A pulvinated frieze (or pulvino) is convex in section. Such friezes were features of 16th-century Northern Mannerism, especially in subsidiary friezes, and much employed in interior architecture and in furniture.

This concept has been generalized in the mathematical construction of Frieze patterns.

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Answer 2

Often you hear the word freize used in architecture. If you look at a building done in the Greco-Roman classical style, you will find located just above the columns (which are the structural supports of the building) three horizontal bands (which is called an entablature) that is all around the building. The first band is called the architrave, above that is the freize, and on top of that is the cornice. The freize generally has an ornamental band with lettering, design, or sculpture often sculpted in bas-relief (figures raised above the flat background to give a three-dimensional effect). Friezes are usually on the exterior of a building but can be inside at the top of the walls of a room just below the ceiling.

Examples of a freize is on the Post Office Building on 34th Street in NYC. In that case, it is the lettering of the post office motto. Churches done in the neo-classical style in the United States often will have bas relief sculpted figures depicting saints or stories from the bible.

Answer 3

There are 2 entries in the dictionary. Both are nouns:

frieze

Etymology: Middle English frise, from Middle French, from Middle Dutch vriese
1 : a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface
2 : a pile surface of uncut loops or of patterned cut and uncut loops
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frieze

Etymology: Middle French frise, perhaps from Medieval Latin phrygium, frisium embroidered cloth, from Latin phrygium, from neuter of Phrygius Phrygian, from Phrygia
1 : the part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice -- see ENTABLATURE illustration
2 : a sculptured or richly ornamented band (as on a building or piece of furniture)
3 : a band, line, or series suggesting a frieze

Answer 4

1. A plain or decorated horizontal part of an entablature between the architrave and cornice.
2. A decorative horizontal band, as along the upper part of a wall in a room.

Answer 5

A plain or decorated horizontal part of an entablature between the architrave and cornice.
A decorative horizontal band, as along the upper part of a wall in a room.

Answer 6

A plain or decorated horizontal part of an entablature between the architrave and cornice.
A decorative horizontal band, as along the upper part of a wall in a room.

Answer 7

There are two mean
1. decorative band along wall: a band of decoration running along the wall of a room, usually just below the ceiling
2. horizontal band on classical building: a horizontal band forming part of the entablature of a classical building, situated between the architrave and the cornice, and often decorated with sculpted ornaments or figures
This word is also used with this meaning:
1. coarse shaggy woolen cloth: coarse woolen cloth with a long shaggy nap
2. long shaggy carpet pile: a carpet pile with a long shaggy nap.

Answer 8

frieze1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (frz)

1. A plain or decorated horizontal part of an entablature between the architrave and cornice.
2. A decorative horizontal band, as along the upper part of a wall in a room.

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Answer 9

an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice

Answer 10

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