| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:InwardOrientation |
| type | Concept, Resource |
| broader | Composition, Formal Analysis, Interpretation, Viewer Positioning Strategy, visual art term |
| definition | A compositional strategy in which figures or primary elements face toward the interior of the work rather than outward toward the viewer, creating a self-contained relational field. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Inward orientation |
| scope note | Contrasts with traditional sculptural frontality; shifts the viewer's role from addressed spectator to external observer of an autonomous interior exchange. |
| skos:altLabel | Centripetal address, Inward-facing composition |
| skos:exactMatch | Composition_(visual_arts) |