Made in Byzantine Egypt.
Coptic.

Relief Frieze, 6th c.

Pinewood with traces of polychromy. A lion and leopard sprint toward the center...Peacocks of paradise guard a gemmed cross between billowing curtains, draped and held behind two columns.
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He was commissioned to paint St John’s Church in Tampere (with Magnus Enckell) from 1904-6. He created a running frieze of naked boys holding a garland which rings the Cathedral. They symbolise life & beginnings & the garland is the path of life

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Lisson will be participating in the inaugural Frieze Seoul from 2-5 Sept, alongside presenting an off-site group exhibition, 'Colour On / Colour Of', curated by Soyoung Ryu at Gallery O Square in Gangnam-gu from 29 August - 25 September: https://t.co/6DYOTu1Ewd

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Two Friezes, from "Frises Feuillages et Autres Ornemens", 1650-1660 https://t.co/mLEDNEnkmF

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Bergen, radiant in the early evening light, and Munch undergoing conservation at Kode art museums, Bergen (Melancholy and Evening at Karl Johan, from Munch’s Frieze of Life)

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Frieze - ink, charcoal and gold ink

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Art Fairs: Hashtag Frieze Week. The headline-generating Frieze is a ritzy art fair with a global brand of marquee galleries. Felix LA has a hip Cali poolside vibe. SPRING/BREAK brings the collaborative, experimental, avant-garde realness. https://t.co/kqG9iUzcRm

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I Heard I Was a Wild One but I Don’t Remember Me (I Hope You Find the Stillness in the Trees), 2021, Charcoal, Conté & Pastel on Paper, 41 x 35.5 in
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At number four I present an elegant medieval-inspired paragraph ornament by Edward Johnston in Writing & Illuminating & Lettering (1908) up against the lovely decorative frieze featured in the illustration Glorund sets forth to seek Túrin (1927) by our man (4/7)

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Frieze Los Angeles. Alexander Gray Associates? - https://t.co/u13UneVb7V

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Vellum LA Presents AI generative autonomous artist, Botto for Frieze Week LA 🌴 + News & Events from LA's premier gallery for NFT-backed digital art - https://t.co/4Y64YmgEJc
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I Can’t Seem To Shake the Young Man’s Blues (Pretty Soon I’ll Be So Lonesome I Could Cry), 2021, Charcoal, Conté & Pastel on Paper, 30.5 x 22.5 inches
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How graceful is this Voysey owl? Almost impossibly lovely, especially when my eye takes in those tubby acorns. A Voysey squirrel cannot be far away!

Part of 'The Owl' wallpaper frieze, with pairs of owls perched over nests of chicks; 1897; V & A. 🦉

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Here are some of the original paintings used in the frieze...

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