| Property |
Value |
| ID | the:SelectiveFocus |
| @type | vad:Art, skos:Concept, rdfs:Resource, vad:VisualArts, vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:Composition, vad:FormalAnalysis |
| altLabel | Differential focus |
| Selective clarity |
| broader | the:visualArtTerm, the:Interpretation, the:FormalAnalysis, the:Composition, the:VisualHierarchy |
| 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. |
| exactMatch | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallow_focus |
| inScheme | the:WatercolorCriticismScheme |
| label | Selective focus |
| related | the:SelectiveEconomy |
| scopeNote | Borrowed from photographic and cinematic terminology but widely applicable to painting where sharp-to-soft gradients guide the eye. |