midground
Composition's central depth
Midground is the area between foreground and background, especially in visual composition.
In painting or photography, elements in the midground create depth by occupying the middle distance: She placed the barn in the midground to draw the eye toward the mountains.
The term extends to any middle position between extremes.
Forming successive strata
- depthDistance below surface
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- subjectMatter under discussion
contrast · balance · proportion · placement · arrangement · spatial · hierarchy · positioning
layering
Forming successive strata
- depthDistance below surface
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
subject · contrast · balance · proportion · placement · arrangement · spatial · hierarchy · positioning · staging
composition
Arranged elements forming whole
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- layeringForming successive strata
- focusConcentrated attention point
bokeh · aperture · sharpness · separation
vista
Pleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- terrainLand's physical features
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
horizon · field · environment · setting · backdrop · distance · hills · meadow · valley · treeline
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- compositionbalance, symmetry, asymmetry, proportion, layout
- stagingstaging, stage, set, set design, set dressing
- backgroundbackdrop, setting, scenery, scene, landscape
- art elementsline, shape, color, value, space
- landscape sketchingsketching, plein air, en plein air, horizon line, perspective
midgroundforeground
Nearest visual plane
background · horizon · near field · picture plane · deep space
mid, ground, middle, midst, midway, midpoint, midnight, midday, midfield