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Value |
| @id | the:SpatialOscillation |
| type | Art, Composition, Concept, formal analysis, Resource, Visual Analysis, Visual Arts |
| broader | Composition, Formal Analysis, Interpretation, Spatial Composition Strategy, visual art term |
| definition | A pictorial condition in which the composition alternates between shallow, surface-oriented flatness and convincing spatial recession, creating a pulsing sense of depth. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Criticism Scheme |
| label | Spatial oscillation |
| scope note | Distinct from simple spatial recession; describes an active back-and-forth between flatness and depth within a single work. |
| skos:altLabel | Depth oscillation, Flattening and deepening |
| skos:exactMatch | Picture_plane |