FRONTISPIECE Definition & Meaning

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frontispiece

[ fruhn-tis-pees, fron- ]

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noun

an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
Architecture. a façade, or a part or feature of a façade, often highlighted by ornamentation.

frontispiece

/ ˈ�ڰ�ʌ�Գ�ɪ��ˌ�辱ː�� /

noun

an illustration facing the title page of a book
the principal façade of a building; front
a pediment, esp an ornamented one, over a door, window, etc

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of frontispiece¹

1590–1600; alteration (conformed to piece ) of earlier frontispice < French < Medieval Latin frontispicium, equivalent to Latin fronti- front + -spicium (combining form representing specere to look at)

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of frontispiece¹

C16 frontispice , from French, from Late Latin frontispicium façade, inspection of the forehead, from Latin �ڰ�ō�Բ� forehead + specere to look at; influenced by piece

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The picture is well known in France as the frontispiece of Rimbaud’s “Poésies Complètes,” which was published posthumously in 1895.

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This research will be featured as a frontispiece in the upcoming issue of Advanced Materials and has secured both domestic and international patents.

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After all, even Martin Droeshout’s frontispiece portrait for the First Folio shows a face that looks, to some eyes, like a mask.

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The frontispieces are prints augmented with gouache and colored pencil, which is characteristic of Wolfe’s eclectic approach.

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Recast in vivid color, the frontispiece is enlarged to life-size scale, swapping out a generic female face for a specific one.

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