| Property |
Value |
| ID | the:ReflectiveSymmetry |
| @type | skos:Concept, rdfs:Resource |
| altLabel | Vertical Mirror Structure |
| broader | the:OpticalCompositionStrategy, the:Interpretation, the:Composition |
| definition | A compositional structure in which the lower portion of a picture echoes or mirrors the upper portion through water reflections, creating two competing but related visual systems: the solid architectural reality above and its optical reinterpretation below. |
| editorialNote | Source: 20260309. Broader updated to OpticalCompositionStrategy. ChatGPT's ReflectiveSpatialSymmetry covers the same ground with a thinner definition and is discarded. |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Reflective Symmetry |
| related | the:OpticalReflectionField, the:VerticalIconographicAxis, the:CrowdHingeBand, the:AcquaAlta, the:ForegroundThresholdBand, the:OpticalAbstraction |
| scopeNote | Distinguished from simple symmetrical balance; here the lower register transforms the upper into color fragments and broken strokes, approaching abstraction while remaining referential. |