bodyscape · noun — an artistic style where closeup photographs of the human form convey the impression of landscape. It carries an Arena rating of 1385, earned across 76 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, bodyscape ranks #1,878 of 17,177 for Most Whimsical Words, #2,805 of 17,166 for Most Vivid Words, #3,301 of 17,199 for The Improbable, #3,856 of 17,187 for Most Malleable Words.
Why “bodyscape” is a great word
BODYSCAPE — [Noun] An artistic representation or conceptual view of the human body, often through photography, that evokes the qualities of a landscape. From body (from Old English bodig, "trunk, chest") + -scape (a suffix abstracted from landscape, from Middle Dutch scap, "condition, creation"). Unlike a portrait, which captures an identity, or an anatomy, which catalogs structure, a bodyscape is a deliberate metaphorical translation. It is the rolling dune of a shoulder blade, the branching river-system of veins, or the weathered canyon of a spine—a quiet cartography of the silent country we inhabit.
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Etymology
From body + -scape.
noun
- An artistic style where closeup photographs of the human form convey the impression of landscape.
- A notional landscape formed by a body.
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