| Property |
Value |
| ID | the:PerceptualAbstraction |
| @type | vad:ArtCriticism, skos:Concept, vad:ContextualAnalysis, vad:ArtHistory, vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:Art, vad:VisualArts, rdfs:Resource |
| altLabel | Perceptual modernism |
| broader | the:Criticism, the:visualArtTerm, the:ConceptualAnalysis, the:Interpretation, the:RepresentationalAbstractSpectrum |
| definition | An approach to painting that abstracts visual experience based on how perception actually operates, emphasizing optical phenomena over descriptive representation while retaining ties to observed reality. |
| exactMatch | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_abstraction |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Perceptual abstraction |
| scopeNote | Distinguishes work that departs from plein-air realism toward analytical treatment of perception without fully abandoning representation. |