| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:SelectiveFocus |
| type | vad:Art, vad:FormalAnalysis, rdfs:Resource, vad:Composition, vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:VisualArts, skos:Concept |
| broader | the:Interpretation, the:Composition, the:FormalAnalysis, the:visualArtTerm, the:VisualHierarchy |
| definition | A compositional strategy in which one area of a painting is rendered with sharp detail while surrounding areas are deliberately kept soft or indistinct, directing the viewer's attention to the focal subject. |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Selective focus |
| related | the:SelectiveEconomy |
| scope note | Borrowed from photographic and cinematic terminology but widely applicable to painting where sharp-to-soft gradients guide the eye. |
| skos:altLabel | Differential focus, Selective clarity |
| skos:exactMatch | Shallow_focus |