| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:VerticalIconographicAxis |
| type | rdfs:Resource, skos:Concept |
| broader | the:FormalAnalysis, the:SubjectMatter, the:visualArtTerm, the:Interpretation, the:IconographicContent |
| definition | A compositional structure in which upper and lower registers carry contrasting symbolic registers — the transcendent or permanent above, the mundane or transient below — creating a vertical hierarchy of meaning that mirrors theological or philosophical frameworks. |
| editorial note | Source: 20260309. |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Vertical Iconographic Axis |
| related | the:ReflectiveSymmetry, the:IconographicContent, the:HorizontalFriezeBanding, the:St.MarksBasilica_20260110, the:ImpermanenceTheme |
| scope note | Example: St. Mark's Basilica facade, where Last Judgment mosaics preside over the crowd in the piazza, and acqua alta reflections dissolve both into impermanence. Three levels: sacred imagery above / human activity in the middle / optical dissolution below. |
| skos:altLabel | Sacred Vertical |