monumentality

Noun

Meaning

monumentality (countable and uncountable, plural monumentalities)

The quality or state of being monumental.

Examples

To me, the drive for monumentality is as inbred as the desire for food and sex, regardless of how we denigrate it. Monuments differ in different periods. Each age has its own. Philip Johnson

His work becomes darker, revealing a fearsome monumentality. Source: Internet

The art of this period combines Insular and "barbarian" influences with a strong Byzantine influence and an aspiration to recover classical monumentality and poise. Source: Internet

The influence of Holbein's "monumentality and attention to texture" has been detected in Eworths' work. Source: Internet

Walls of Romanesque and Gothic churches were decorated with frescoes as well as sculpture and many of the few remaining murals have great intensity, and combine the decorative energy of Insular art with a new monumentality in the treatment of figures. Source: Internet

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