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 a columnar wall it lies upon the architrave (’main beam’) and is capped by the moldings of the cornice.
In the interior of a room, the frieze of a room is the section of wall above the picture rail under the crown moldings or cornice. By extension, a frieze is a long band of painted, sculpted or even written decoration in such a position, above eye-level. These decorations often depict scenes, in an almost storyboard or animated sequence.
An example of an architectural frieze on the facade of a buildind is the octagonal Tower of the Winds in the Roman agora at Athens, which bears sculptures of the eight winds on its frieze.
This concept has been generalized in the mathematical construction of Frieze patterns.
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