frontality

English

Etymology

frontal +‎ -ity

Noun

frontality (countable and uncountable, plural frontalities)

  1. (art) The quality or state of being frontal.
    • 1993, Miklós Boskovits, The Origins of Florentine Painting, 1100-1270, volume 1, page 33:
      Whereas the accentuated linearism, the angular stylization of the folds, the rhythmical course of the outlining and the solemn frontality conjoined with an air of regality in the pose seem to recall the formal repertory of the Corbolinus Master and his group […]
    • 2007 June 8, Roberta Smith, “When Home Was Where the Art Was”, in New York Times‎:
      Bold scale is the norm, as is a generally exuberant frontality.
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