Frieze

In architecture the frieze is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain or– in the Ionic or Corinthian order – decorated with bas-reliefs.

The Circus (Bath), UK. Architectural detail of the frieze showing the alternating triglyphs and decorative emblems. John Wood, architect.

Frieze Media

Doric frieze at the Temple of Hephaestus, Athens (449–415 BCE).
Frieze of animals, mythological episodes at the base of Hoysaleswara temple, India
The frieze lining the roof of Yankee Stadium
Achaemenid frieze designs at Persepolis.
Ionic frieze of the Erechtheum (Athens), 421–406 BCE
Top: Kyanos frieze from Tiryns. Bottom: Frieze of the Erechtheion in (Athens), 4th BCE
Frieze from Delphi incorporating lotuses with multiple calyxes
Frieze of the lost capital of the Allahabad pillar, with two lotuses framing a "flame palmette" surrounded by small rosette flowers, 3rd BCE
Rampurva bull capital, detail of the abacus, with two "flame palmettes" framing a lotus surrounded by small rosette flowers, 3rd BCE