| I guess I've always thoughtlessly assumed they were decorative, like curlicues and friezes. |
| The building's common hall has a restored terrazzo tiled floor with walls which still retain the original painted friezes. |
| The cement entablature comprises four bas-relief friezes of two rows of Africans converging upon the beach, the Atlantic in front of them. |
| The dining room is extremely grand, with picture windows, friezes and a most elaborate ceiling. |
| Panels, friezes, and columns all bear extraordinarily beautiful scenes of jungle animals, Maya gods, warriors in full dress, and so on. |
| It is an aesthetic glorified by ancient Greeks in their ceramics, Romans in their friezes and Renaissance artists in their sculptures. |
