| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:ShadowAsSubject |
| 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 a cast shadow is treated as the principal visual element, carrying greater pictorial weight or narrative significance than the object casting it. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Shadow as subject |
| related | Shadow as autonomous form |
| scope note | Applies when the shadow is deliberately given more visual authority than the source object, inverting the conventional hierarchy between substance and projection., Applies when the composition is deliberately arranged to give shadows full visual weight, such as offsetting objects to allow shadow forms to dominate the picture plane. |
| skos:altLabel | Shadow as primary element, Shadow as compositional subject, Cast shadow as primary subject |
| skos:exactMatch | Shadow_in_art, Shadow_(art) |