frontal view

Straight ahead perspective

A frontal view shows something from directly in front, face-on rather than from the side or at an angle.

The term appears in art, photography, medicine, and technical contexts: The portrait captures a frontal view of the subject.

A frontal view of a building shows its façade; of a person, their face and chest.

Opposites
viewing angle/perspective

frontal viewrear view

Sight of behind

from behind · side view · profile view · three-quarter view · top view

completeness of facial/front features visibility

frontal viewfrom behind

Family

frontal, front, fronts, fronted, fronting, frontage, frontier, frontiers, affront

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