Definition of Scenography

1. n. The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye.

Definition of Scenography

1. Noun. the design of theatrical sets ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scenography

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Medical Definition of Scenography

1. The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye. Origin: L. Scenographia, Gr.; scene, stage + to write: cf. F. Scenographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scenography

scenic route
scenic routes
scenical
scenically
scenick
scenics
scening
scenograph
scenographer
scenographers
scenographic
scenographical
scenographick
scenographies
scenographs
scenography (current term)
scenopoetic
scent
scent-bottle
scent glands
scent hound
scent hounds
scent out
scented
scented fern
scented penstemon
scented wattle
scentful
scenthound
scenthounds

Literary usage of Scenography

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Pittsfield, (Berkshire County,) Massachusetts by Joseph Edward Adams Smith (1869)
"Physical Structure and scenography. — Central Position of Pitts- field. — Manufactures. — Mineral Productions. — Aspect when first visited. ..."

2. History of Ancient Art by Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke (1902)
"... in scenography was made in the painting of figures by Apollodoros of Athens. The accounts of him are few, and in part incomprehensible; but Plutarch ..."

3. A History of Greek Philosophy from the Earliest Period to the Time of Socrates by Eduard Zeller (1881)
"11) to have written on scenography ; and, according to Plutarch, De Exil. ... 4), that the author of the work on scenography is another person of the tame ..."

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