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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 __________.

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Frieze.

Step-by-step 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.

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