frontality

frontality
/frun tal"i tee, fron-/, n. Fine Arts.
1. the representation of the front view of figures or objects in a work of art.
2. the organization of planes parallel to the picture plane in the pictorial arts, or the composition of volumes entirely from the front view in sculpture.
[1900-05; FRONTAL + -ITY]

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