a frontal view, as in a painting or other work of art
frontality in American English
(frʌnˈtælɪti, frɑn-)
noun 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
Word origin
[1900–05; frontal + -ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, cathode-ray tube, decompression, elder statesman, hookup-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity
Examples of 'frontality' in a sentence
frontality
As for his face, he gave it a massive frontality that feels immediately impressive.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The face's sense of frontality is strongly underscored by the carefully dotted nostrils, as level and regular as an umlaut.