| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:SelectiveFocus |
| type | Art, Composition, Concept, formal analysis, Resource, Visual Analysis, Visual Arts |
| broader | Composition, Formal Analysis, Interpretation, visual art term, Visual Hierarchy |
| definition | A compositional strategy in which one area of a painting is rendered with sharp detail while surrounding areas are deliberately kept soft or indistinct, directing the viewer's attention to the focal subject. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Selective focus |
| related | Selective economy |
| scope note | Borrowed from photographic and cinematic terminology but widely applicable to painting where sharp-to-soft gradients guide the eye. |
| skos:altLabel | Selective clarity, Differential focus |
| skos:exactMatch | Shallow_focus |