Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
isocephaly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Art) A peculiarity in the design of bas-relief by which the heads of human figures are kept at the same height from the ground, whether the personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; -- called also
isokephaleia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun art A peculiarity in the design of
bas relief by which theheads ofhuman figures are kept at the sameheight from the ground, whether the characters are seated, standing, or mounted.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek, meaning "like-headed". See iso-- + and cephalon.
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