Question

A broad band of sculpted and/or painted decoration, especially on a wall near a ceiling, and often found in Greek temples, is called a __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Frieze.

Explanation:

In architecture, as the exercise briefly describes, a frieze is a broad band of sculpted and/or painted decoration, especially on a wall near a ceiling, and often found in Greek or Roman temples and buildings. For example, when inside this buildings (mostly in the temples) the section of a wall above picture rails is usually a frieze, a sculpted and painted decoration. Many scenes carved in the walls, sequences of heroic tales, stories and myths are  called frieze.