| Property |
Value |
| ID | the:ContreJour |
| @type | vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:Composition, vad:Art, rdfs:Resource, vad:FormalAnalysis, vad:VisualArts, skos:Concept |
| altLabel | Backlighting |
| Against the light |
| broader | the:visualArtTerm, the:Composition, the:Interpretation, the:FormalAnalysis |
| definition | A lighting condition in which the light source is positioned behind the subject, producing silhouettes, rim-lighting, and value compression where forms are defined by edge glow rather than interior modulation. |
| exactMatch | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contre-jour |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Contre-jour |
| scopeNote | Applies to both photographic and painted depictions where the primary light source is behind the subject relative to the viewer. |