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Value |
| @id | the:ContreJour |
| type | Art, Composition, Concept, formal analysis, Resource, Visual Analysis, Visual Arts |
| broader | Composition, Formal Analysis, Interpretation, visual art term |
| 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. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Contre-jour |
| scope note | Applies to both photographic and painted depictions where the primary light source is behind the subject relative to the viewer. |
| skos:altLabel | Against the light, Backlighting |
| skos:exactMatch | Contre-jour |