| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:ShadowAsDrawingLanguage |
| type | vad:FormalAnalysis, rdfs:Resource, vad:Composition, vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:VisualArts, skos:Concept, vad:Art |
| broader | the:Composition, the:FormalAnalysis, the:FigureGround, the:visualArtTerm, the:ShadowAsAutonomousForm, the:Interpretation |
| definition | The use of cast or attached shadows not merely to describe illumination but as an independent linear or structural drawing system superimposed on the image. |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Shadow as drawing language |
| scope note | Applies when shadows function as a second compositional drawing layer rather than passive tonal modeling. |
| skos:altLabel | Shadow as structural drawing |
| skos:exactMatch | Shadow_(art) |