| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:ReflectionAsPrimarySubject |
| type | Art, Concept, Resource, Visual Analysis, Visual Arts |
| broader | Formal Analysis, Interpretation, Subject Matter, visual art term, Water and Reflections |
| definition | A compositional and conceptual approach in which reflected imagery in water or other surfaces serves as the generative motif and true subject of the work, rather than the objects being reflected. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Reflection as primary subject |
| related | Water and Reflections |
| scope note | Applies when the artist treats reflections not as secondary effects but as the conceptual and procedural starting point of the painting. |
| skos:altLabel | Reflective abstraction as subject |
| skos:exactMatch | Reflection_(physics) |