| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:ShadowAsSubject |
| type | rdfs:Resource, vad:Composition, vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:VisualArts, skos:Concept, vad:Art, vad:FormalAnalysis |
| broader | the:Interpretation, the:Composition, the:FormalAnalysis, the:VisualHierarchy, the:visualArtTerm |
| definition | A compositional strategy in which a cast shadow is treated as the principal visual element, carrying greater pictorial weight or narrative significance than the object casting it. |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Shadow as subject |
| related | the:ShadowAsAutonomousForm |
| scope note | Applies when the composition is deliberately arranged to give shadows full visual weight, such as offsetting objects to allow shadow forms to dominate the picture plane., Applies when the shadow is deliberately given more visual authority than the source object, inverting the conventional hierarchy between substance and projection. |
| skos:altLabel | Cast shadow as primary subject, Shadow as primary element, Shadow as compositional subject |
| skos:exactMatch | Shadow_(art), Shadow_in_art |