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hieratical


  • a  associated with the priesthood or priests

  • From Constantine onward, the Christian emperors preferred flat hieratical art, especially mosaics, whose multiplicity of shapes suited a power based on ceremony.
  • The sculpture of high Angkor tends to be more severe, hieratical and augustly withdrawn than the earlier work.

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