flatness
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈflæt.nəs/
- Specialized
:
planitud
- The painting's flatness created a striking absence of depth, drawing the viewer's focus to its vivid colors.
- ineluctable flatness
- depicted flatness
- physical flatness
Examples
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Her work relentlessly questions flatness, three-dimensionality, and the space—both physical and conceptual—that lies in between the two.
Blog text (20) -
Their flatness and static, iconlike character were returns to more traditional Islamic modes of painting, as Necipoglu suggests.
Academic text (2013) -
Well, the flatness of the brush lets you pack on the shadow.
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I found remarkable the flatness in the dialogue, acting, and lack of plastic values or even photography quality.
Blog text (21) -
If naturalism and finish sit at one end, then flatness and sloppiness lie at the other.
Academic text (2013) -
Upon first glance, it doesn't look that bad, but as we get closer, there is an eerie flatness about the entire painting.
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Its extreme simplification and flatness facilitate the desired visual fusion with the overall geometric design.
Academic text (2002) -
In his interpretation, he translates the sculpted object into a two-dimensional medium and thus plays on its flatness and abstraction by designing a work in which the iconic configuration has been impressed onto a fiber surface.
Academic text (2002) -
This is Diego Rivera, who developed a kind of neo primitive style evoking Mayan reliefs in their flatness and stylization and used it in large frescoes.
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The flatness of the design was intentional, aiming to evoke a sense of minimalism and simplicity.
Synonyms
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5.3
A surface that does not shine and shows little reflection
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2.5
A gentle light or view with blurred edges
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4.5
A lack of clear detail in what you see or in a picture
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5.8
A blurry picture or idea hard to see and understand
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5.3
A dull surface or finish that is not shiny
A lack of shine that makes something look dull
Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear
Antonyms
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flatness comes from flat and the ending -ness, where flat can mean 'without depth or shine', as in 'flat paint' compared with glossy paint. So, flatness is the 'quality of having little depth, shine, or contrast', which artists use to describe a muted, two-dimensional look.