| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:ShadowAsAutonomousForm |
| type | vad:Composition, vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:VisualArts, skos:Concept, vad:Art, vad:FormalAnalysis, rdfs:Resource |
| broader | the:Composition, the:FigureGround, the:FormalAnalysis, the:visualArtTerm, the:Interpretation |
| definition | A compositional strategy in which a cast shadow diverges from its source object in shape, energy, or character, functioning as an independent pictorial element rather than a passive optical effect. |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Shadow as autonomous form |
| narrower | the:ShadowAsDrawingLanguage |
| related | the:ShadowAsSubject |
| scope note | Applies when the shadow carries distinct visual weight, gesture, or meaning that exceeds or contradicts the object casting it. |
| skos:altLabel | Shadow autonomy, Expressive shadow |
| skos:exactMatch | Shadow_(art) |