About: Reflection as primary subject

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@idthe:ReflectionAsPrimarySubject
typevad:Art, rdfs:Resource, vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:VisualArts, skos:Concept
broaderthe:Interpretation, the:FormalAnalysis, the:SubjectMatter, the:WaterAndReflections, the:visualArtTerm
definitionA 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.
inSchemethe:WatercolorCriticismScheme
labelReflection as primary subject
relatedthe:WaterAndReflections
scope noteApplies when the artist treats reflections not as secondary effects but as the conceptual and procedural starting point of the painting.
skos:altLabelReflective abstraction as subject
skos:exactMatchReflection_(physics)



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