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Value |
| @id | the:SelectiveSimplification |
| type | Art, Art criticism, Art history, Concept, contextual analysis, Resource, Visual Analysis, Visual Arts |
| broader | Conceptual Analysis, Criticism, Interpretation, visual art term |
| definition | The deliberate reduction of observed detail in selected areas of a composition to maintain painterly quality and direct viewer attention, while retaining enough information for optical persuasiveness. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Selective simplification |
| narrower | Suggested detail |
| scope note | Describes the strategic choice to abstract or reduce detail in parts of a work rather than rendering uniformly, balancing realism with expressive mark-making. |
| skos:altLabel | Selective abstraction |
| skos:exactMatch | Simplification_(art) |