| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:AcquaAlta |
| type | vad:Art, rdfs:Resource, vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:VisualArts, skos:Concept |
| broader | the:Interpretation, the:FormalAnalysis, the:SubjectMatter, the:WaterAndReflections, the:visualArtTerm |
| definition | The periodic tidal flooding of Venice's Piazza San Marco and surrounding areas, producing shallow standing water that reflects architecture, figures, and sky. A recurring subject in Venetian painting that combines documentary, atmospheric, and symbolic registers. |
| editorial note | Source: 20260309. |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Acqua Alta |
| related | the:St.MarksBasilica_20260110, the:ImpermanenceTheme, the:OpticalReflectionField, the:ReflectiveSymmetry, the:OpticalAbstraction |
| scope note | The depth distribution of acqua alta governs crowd behavior: figures cluster where water is shallow enough to keep feet dry, and the crowd's edge maps the depth threshold. This can be encoded compositionally rather than described. |
| skos:altLabel | High Water, Venetian Flooding |