scenography
Americannoun
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the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
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scene painting (used especially with reference to ancient Greece).
noun
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the art of portraying objects or scenes in perspective
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scene painting, esp in ancient Greece
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of scenography
From the Greek word skēnographía, dating back to 1635–45. See scene, -o-, -graphy
Example Sentences
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By 1949, Noguchi had completed an astonishing range of commissions—murals, architecture, parks, playgrounds, memorials, industrial designs and scenography.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Both men, Friedman continues, understand “the power of the image” and “have made themselves into caricatures through costume and scenography, the better to capture the popular imagination.”
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
On Saturday the creator and director of 2021's Netflix hit drama "Squid Game" Hwang Dong-hyuk participated in the show scenography.
From Reuters ● Apr. 29, 2023
Her closest contemporary may be Vija Celmins, another meticulous observer, though Ms. Murphy differs in her use of extreme perspectives and her prepainting scenography.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2018
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