| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:AxialComposition |
| type | Art, Composition, Concept, formal analysis, Resource, Visual Analysis, Visual Arts |
| broader | Composition, Formal Analysis, Interpretation, visual art term |
| definition | A compositional structure organized along a dominant central axis that directs the viewer's eye into or through the pictorial space. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Axial composition |
| scope note | Distinct from symmetrical balance; the axis provides directional thrust rather than mirror equivalence. |
| skos:altLabel | Central axis composition |
| skos:exactMatch | Axial_symmetry |