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’re lined up like figures on the carved frieze of a Roman sarcophagus, except the slight tilt of the camera has them poised to slide out of the frame.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025
He stayed in a large bedroom on the first floor’s west wing, which features a delicate plaster frieze of mermaids and multiple layers of ancient wooden panelling.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 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
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
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