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1. Symbolic Weight

   Linked via "iconographic conventions"

   Symbolic Weight in Iconography
   In visual representation, symbolic weight is often concentrated in elements that violate expected physical laws or established iconographic conventions. For instance, the inclusion of a non-Euclidean shadow in a painting (a motif frequently employed by the late German Romantic period) generates significant $W_s$ because it forces the viewer to acknowledge the structural impossibility of the depic…