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carved and statues
This one was set up here in 390 A.D. on a pedestal, the faces of which are carved with statues of the emperor and his family watching games in the Hippodrome, done so realistically that the obelisk itself is included in them.
There are also of stone panels carved in bas-relief, that include pictorial records documenting every construction step including carving the statues and transporting them on a barge.
They built enormous stone statues carved in the image of human beings on Pitcairn, the Marquesas, and Easter Island that resembled those in Peru.
Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses.
Not only may the building itself be architecturally significant, but the church often houses treasures such as stained glass, stone and wood statues, historic tombs, richly carved furniture and objects of both artistic and religious significance such as reliquaries.
Sculptures and statues from this era normally were carved out of several blocks of stone and carefully pieced together.
Visitors entering the massive, carved mesquite-wood doors of San Xavier are often struck by the coolness of the interior, and the dazzling colors of the paintings, carvings, frescoes and statues.
The four Greek sculptors who carved the statues: Bryaxis, Leochares, Scopas and Timotheus were each responsible for one side.
Less obvious than the jamb statues but far more intricately carved is the frieze that stretches all across the façade in the sculpted capitals on top of the jamb columns.
This symbolic representation was often carved at the base of seated statues of the pharaoh.
It is decorated with a magnificent group of polychrome statuary carved by artists from the Burgundian workshops of Cluny and comprising over 200 statues, which have retained their original colours.
Begun soon after her death in 1930 and completed in 1934, the monument consists of statues of the couple and a small shelter, carved from Italian marble.
Niches were carved on either side of the door to hold statues.
According to the book Attila and the Nomad Hordes, " Like the Kimaks they set up many carved wooden funerary statues surrounded by simple stone balbal monoliths.
* the oldest known secular carvings in Ireland, two carved statues that until the late 18th century stood outside the Tholsel ( Dublin's medieval city hall, which was demolished in 1806 )
Kafiristan consisted of steep, wooded valleys and was famous for its crisp wood carving especially of cedar-wood pillars, carved doors, furniture ( including ' horn-chairs ') and statues.
The Hopewell artisans were expert carvers of pipestone, and many of the mortuary mounds are full of exquisitely carved statues and pipes.
There are references to Anglo-Saxon wooden pagan statues, all now lost, and in Norse art the tradition of carved runestones was maintained after their conversion to Christianity.
The main staircase is beautifully carved from stone and features three huge statues which look out onto the gardens from their seats.
These four statues were carved by Lequesne.
In the hall d ' entry located under the bell-tower are two marble statues representing Mazenod and the pope Black and white IX, carved by Ramus.
She also had constructed the Tub-wang and other statues in Samye and the famous Nepali artist Thro-wo carved the revered statue of Chenresig, Thungji Chen-po rang-jung nga-ldan.
The station was then rebuilt again between 1927 and 1929 as part of the construction of 55 Broadway the company's new headquarters building designed by Charles Holden and featuring statues and carved stone panels including ones by Sir Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill, and Henry Moore.
This distinguishes it from statues that were carved and moved like the Colossi of Memnon, which was moved in ancient times.

carved and frieze
The frieze sometimes comes with a continuous ornament such as carved figures.
In those Continental contexts where Rococo is fully in control, sportive, fantastic, and sculptured forms are expressed with abstract ornament using flaming, leafy or shell-like textures in asymmetrical sweeps and flourishes and broken curves ; intimate Rococo interiors suppress architectonic divisions of architrave, frieze, and cornice for the picturesque, the curious, and the whimsical, expressed in plastic materials like carved wood and above all stucco ( as in the work of the Wessobrunner School ).
It includes an ornate oak frieze including sculptures of twenty-two angels playing music, carved by Johannes Kirchmayer ( 1860 – 1930 ), and two notable stained-glass windows, " Angel of Help ," and " Figure of Wisdom ," both by John LaFarge ( 1835 – 1910 ).
This room also contained four heavy gilded tables carved with Kent's characteristic baroque shells and accompanied with central carved lion masks ( complementing the lion heads in the frieze ).
The material of which the frieze is made of may be plasterwork, carved wood or other decorative medium.
To the south of the Entrance Hall is the Library, and to the east is Wyatt's Dining Room, which has a stucco ceiling and a carved overmantel both in a late 17th-century style, as well as a frieze.
The sandstone relief eagle in the frieze of the entablature below was carved by Giuseppe Valaperta.
“ Its architecture, which is unique in Mesoamerica, is characterized by elaborate carved reliefs on the columns and frieze.
There are six carved panels with ritual scenes and an ornamental frieze that runs along both walls.
The upper floor has a colonnaded arcade, its tympana frieze is richly decorated with carved figures representing free trade, the arts, commerce, manufacture and the continents.
The royal charter's words are carved on the frieze of the Rhode Island State House: "... to hold forth a lively experiment, that a most flourishing civil state may stand and best be maintained ... with a full liberty in religious concernments.
The frieze in the first story is composed of rectangular blocks carved with leaves.
The conical roof is decorated with carved fish scales, traditional for Roman mausoleums, The frieze beneath the conical roof is decorated with a rinceau featuring carvings of acanthus leaves, used in Roman mortuary architecture to represent eternal rebirth.
The gallery on the first floor features two carved stone chimney pieces and a ceiling and frieze of Elizabethan plaster-work.
A renovation in the 1990s did not restore any of Harris's decorative painting, but did preserve many of his most important works, including a nativity scene, the Virgin Mary Enthroned, St. Patrick's and St. Catherine's altars, " The Precious Blood ", a carved and painted frieze featuring lambs, a memorial to deceased Paulists, and a crucifixion.
The temple was constructed entirely out of grey Arcadian limestone except for the frieze which was carved from marble.
Most of the interior structure, except for the carved wood frieze along the balconies, was already in place by 1875.
It is also an architectural term used to describe a common form of carved decoration in Classical architecture, used to fill the metopes between the triglyphs of the frieze of Doric temples.

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