Kate Williams

The 19th century became the age of the museum. Objects were scrambled for, specimens seized, and friezes and antiques grasped.

British Historian

A frieze adds visual interest and historical touch to any room or building.

Visual Detail

Friezes often portray cultural or historical narratives through their designs.

Cultural Significance

Don't confuse a frieze with wallpaper border; friezes are more sculptural and permanent.

Not Wallpaper

In architecture, the frieze's placement is specific to classical orders and structures.

Architectural Context

Architectural friezes often feature common motifs, like leaves or geometric patterns.

Classic Motifs

Frieze fabric is heavy and warm, ideal for outerwear in colder regions.

Clothing Material

Traditionally, frieze cloth has a rural, rustic connotation, linked to outdoor work.

Rural Association

 see the huge inspiration that these objects have had on subsequent world cultures and how they have become now masterpieces of art and and masterpieces of Greek civilization but professor pandered melis isn't buying that argument the story he wants to tell is depicted in the frieze itself which

Parthenon Battle PIPE...

 And she did, and if you go in Richard's library, which is one of the first that opened, it has this glorious frieze of, like, the heroes of the school, oversized, looking down into the little dollhouse of the real library, right? And the kids were great, hand-selected by the principals

How to design a library...

 simple columns supporting a horizontal entablature, crowned with a triangular roof. But Pheidias’ plans are far more radical by Athenian standards. His designs combine Doric columns with a sweeping Ionic frieze,