isocephaly 1

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(in classical Greek art) A technique which poses groups of figures at the same height, regardless of the action or purpose of each figure.

  • 1.Giotto makes ingenious use of the isocephaly in his masterpiece, the murals at the Arena chapel of Padua.

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