About: Perceptual ambiguity of water

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@idthe:PerceptualAmbiguityOfWater
typeConcept, Resource
broaderFormal Analysis, Interpretation, Subject Matter, visual art term, Water and Reflections
definitionThe visual condition in which colors and forms seen in water cannot be definitively assigned to the surface, to objects beneath it, or to reflections upon it, producing productive perceptual uncertainty.
inSchemeDigital Art Terms
labelPerceptual ambiguity of water
scope noteApplies to paintings of water where the artist deliberately preserves the ambiguity between transparency, reflection, and substrate color.
skos:altLabelOptical ambiguity in water, Surface-depth ambiguity
skos:exactMatchReflection_(physics)



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