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Format

The overall shape, dimensions, proportions, and orientation of a work or its support.

Short Definition

The overall shape, dimensions, proportions, and orientation of a work or its support.

Difficulty

intermediate

Language Origin

French

Categories

Format describes the physical configuration of a work: its dimensions, proportions, orientation, and basic shape. In sculpture it can refer to the envelope or dimensional limits within which a relief, panel, maquette, monument, or other work is conceived.

Etymology

French format, from Latin formatus.

References

https://www.pierres-info.fr/glossaire_sculpture/index.html