| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:PaintingMassesBeforeObjects |
| type | Concept, Resource |
| broader | Conceptual Analysis, Criticism, Interpretation, Perceptual abstraction, Representational-abstract spectrum, visual art term |
| definition | An artistic approach in which the painter establishes abstract relationships of value, shape, and temperature before allowing recognizable subject matter to emerge from those relationships. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Painting masses before objects |
| scope note | Describes a working philosophy rather than a specific technique; applicable across media. |
| skos:altLabel | Shape before subject, Mass-first approach |
| skos:exactMatch | Mass_(art) |