frontispiece
Opening page illustration
A frontispiece is an illustration facing a book's title page, traditionally a portrait of the author or a scene from the work.
The term extends to the decorated front of a building, especially the principal façade or entrance.
The frontispiece showed the author at his writing desk.
Carving into hard surfaces
- titlepageBook's opening identification sheet
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- woodcutRelief print from timber
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
vignette · plate · folio · lithograph · frontmatter · preface · intaglio · printmaking
Artistic depiction of someone
- authorCreator of written works
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- bustFailure or sculpture
profile · depiction · sitter · subject · medallion · oval · vignette · dedicatee
engraving
Carving into hard surfaces
- titlepageBook's opening identification sheet
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- woodcutRelief print from timber
etching · vignette · plate · folio · lithograph · frontmatter · preface · intaglio · printmaking · artwork
portrait
Artistic depiction of someone
- authorCreator of written works
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
bust · profile · depiction · sitter · subject · medallion · oval · vignette · dedicatee · patron
ornamentation
Decorative additions to something
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
flourish · embellishment · gilding · engraving · motif · cartouche · border · frame · rococo · baroque
façade
False outward appearance
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
- entrancePoint of access
colonnade · doorway · portal · vestibule · entablature · cornice · pilaster · architrave · frieze · elevation
- illuminationillumination, illuminated manuscripts, illuminators, historiated initials, miniature
- illustrationpainting, drawing, watercolor, sketch, charcoal
- book partspage, pages, cover, index, chapter
- document partstitle, page, paragraph, sentence, chapter
- illustrated booksbook illustration, children's book art, picture books, storybook art, graphic novels
- illustrationsillustration, drawings, engravings, etchings, lithographs