| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:StructuralMetaphor |
| type | Art, Concept, formal analysis, Resource, Tensegrity Art Principle, Visual Analysis, Visual Arts |
| broader | Tensegrity Art Terms, visual art term |
| definition | The use of engineering or architectural structural principles as carriers of symbolic, emotional, or philosophical meaning in a work of art. |
| inScheme | Digital Art Terms |
| label | Structural metaphor |
| scope note | Applies when structural logic (e.g., tension, compression, equilibrium) is deployed to convey thematic content beyond engineering. |
| skos:altLabel | Architecture as metaphor |
| skos:exactMatch | Metaphor |