| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:ArchitecturalMassing |
| type | Art, Concept, Resource, Visual Analysis, Visual Arts |
| broader | Architectural Subjects, Formal Analysis, Interpretation, Subject Matter, visual art term |
| definition | The treatment of architectural forms as simplified volumetric masses defined by light and shadow rather than as collections of surface details. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Architectural massing |
| scope note | Applies to pictorial representation of architecture where the goal is conveying structural weight rather than decorative surface., Applies when architectural subjects are organized primarily through tonal mass rather than linear description. |
| skos:altLabel | Building mass, Volumetric massing |
| skos:exactMatch | Massing_(architecture) |