| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:DarkGround |
| type | vad:Art, vad:FormalAnalysis, rdfs:Resource, vad:Composition, vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:VisualArts, skos:Concept |
| broader | the:FormalAnalysis, the:visualArtTerm, the:Interpretation, the:Composition, the:FigureGround |
| definition | A compositional strategy in which a deep-toned or near-black background is used to isolate and dramatize lighter foreground subjects through strong value contrast. |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Dark ground |
| scope note | Common in still life, botanical, and portrait painting traditions; related to but broader than tenebrism. |
| skos:altLabel | Dark field, Dark background |
| skos:exactMatch | Tenebrism |