SCENOGRAPHY

Etymology

Noun

scenography (countable and uncountable, plural scenographies)

The design of theatrical sets.

The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane.

A representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye.

Source: Wiktionary


Sce*nog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [L. scenographia, Gr. scénographie.]

Definition: 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. Greenhill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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