frontality
nounEtymology From frontal + -ity.
- 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 […]1993, Miklós Boskovits, The Origins of Florentine Painting, 1100-1270, volume 1, page 33:
- Bold scale is the norm, as is a generally exuberant frontality.2007 June 8, Roberta Smith, “When Home Was Where the Art Was”, in New York Times: