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frontality

frontality

9.6
Being at the front and facing forward, as in a statue or portrait
  • noun
  • /frənˈtælɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : frontalidad
  • At the same time, the frontality is the visual equivalent of their bringing forward their narratives, and the possible encouragement the telling of their stories has given them to position themselves in front of the spectator.

Examples

  • Dione's painting also emphasizes the frontality of Bamba's image, "heightening the communicative force" and "enhancing the intimacy of reception" (Brilliant 1990:20).

    Academic text (2002)

  • Frontality provides the most immediate possible presentation of the prisoners' faces and bodies.

    Academic text (1999)

  • And the demonstrative emerges through that form most appropriate to it: frontality, constantly and systematically employed in all these films.

    Academic text (1999)

  • He underlined the building's frontality with two rows of trees, which created a corridor of space framing the Lustgarten and the facade.

    Academic text (1990)

  • It is, as Hauser observed, that frontality "shows and claims respect," sparing both the subject and the subject filmed the fraudulence of a facile illusionism.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Whereas precolonial African sculpture was characterized by "rigid symmetry and frontality," the deviance of tourist art from that norm results in either "surreal distortion" or a move toward naturalism.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The artist's use of frontality draws the viewer's attention directly to the subject's face and expression.

  • In his design, the frontality of the structure creates a commanding presence in the cityscape.

  • The film's frontality allows the audience to connect more intimately with the characters on screen.

Synonyms

anteriority
vsfrontality
  • Specialized
9.9

The position at the front of a body near the head

emphasizes facing forward or being in a leading or frontal position in art

How Frontal

frontality
  • Specialized
9.6
profile
79 3.4

Surface Forms

frontality singular
frontalities plural

Morphology

frontality = frontal (transparent) = front + al + ity

Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'frontal', giving the quality or state of being frontal.

Etymology

Frontality comes from the simple English word front, which goes back to Latin frons meaning 'forehead' or 'front'. Think of a statue or a leader shown face-on so you see their 'front' clearly; that strong, direct look is the memory image for facing forward. That's why frontality means being at the front or facing directly forward.