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scenography

[ see-nog-ruh-fee ]

noun

  1. the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  2. scene painting (used especially with reference to ancient Greece).


scenography

/ ˌsiːnəʊˈɡræfɪk; siːˈnɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

  1. the art of portraying objects or scenes in perspective
  2. scene painting, esp in ancient Greece
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԴDz, noun
  • scenographic, adjective
  • ˌԴˈ󾱳, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ԴDz۲· noun
  • ·Դ·· [see-n, uh, -, graf, -ik, sen-, uh, -], n·i· adjective
  • n·i··ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scenography1

From the Greek word ŧԴDzí, dating back to 1635–45. See scene, -o-, -graphy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scenography1

C17: via Latin from Greek ŧԴDz󾱲 a drawing in perspective, from ŧŧ scene
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Example Sentences

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Each is a wide, skinny horizontal — just 4 feet high but 27½ feet wide — making the full 55-foot expanse into scenography that one instinctively reads from left to right.

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On Saturday the creator and director of 2021's Netflix hit drama "Squid Game" Hwang Dong-hyuk participated in the show scenography.

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Later, they start to tug at their T-shirts — costume design and scenography is by Camille Vallat — until they pull them over their heads like veils and eventually stretch them even higher to cover their faces entirely.

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Audi explained that he became enamored with filling a hall “where this kind of large-scale theater experience is possible — a visionary experience where there’s much more freedom for scenography, more freedom for creating a special relationship with the audience, with sound, with technology.”

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And Guy de Lancey’s scenography is outstanding: each element of the set, video, lighting and projections shaping our perception of what is murky and uncertain and what is bright and sure.

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