| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:HorizontalFriezeBanding |
| type | vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:VisualArts, skos:Concept, vad:Art, vad:FormalAnalysis, rdfs:Resource, vad:Composition |
| broader | the:visualArtTerm, the:SpatialCompositionStrategy, the:Interpretation, the:Composition, the:FormalAnalysis |
| definition | A compositional organization in which the picture plane is structured as stacked horizontal layers or registers, each carrying a distinct visual identity: foreground ground plane, human activity band, architectural frame, upper atmospheric field. Produces a decorative surface pattern alongside implied depth. |
| editorial note | Source: 20260309. Broader updated from the:Composition to the:SpatialCompositionStrategy. ChatGPT's SpatialBanding discarded as redundant with this concept. |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Horizontal Frieze Banding |
| narrower | the:HumanActivityFrieze |
| related | the:ForegroundThresholdBand, the:TonalStratification, the:VerticalIconographicAxis, the:MiddleBandDominance |
| scope note | Related to Byzantine and medieval mosaic register composition, and to the organization of narrative friezes on architectural facades. Distinguished from strict tonal stratification by its emphasis on social and spatial layering rather than purely tonal depth. |
| skos:altLabel | Stratified Horizontal Bands, RegisterComposition, Register Composition |