Her biographer tries to provide a 'frame of reference' in which her work can be analyzed.
She had to extend every inch of her five-foot 'frame' [='body'] to reach the top shelf.
the 'framers' of the U.S. Constitution [=the people who wrote the U.S. Constitution]
(..) Alfredo. Alfredo! Yes! You can start. Here we go again. The frame! Pepe, one day we'll have it all. We'll go away together-- live the easy life... where no one knows us. Forget it. (..)1988 Cinema Paradiso