Meaning & use
Midground
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The area of a scene or image that lies between the foreground and the background.
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The photographer placed the statue in the midground to draw the eye through the frame.
In the painting, a row of trees fills the midground between the field and the mountains.
A note on using this word
Midground is a compositional term used across photography, painting, and video game design to describe spatial depth.
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