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Webster 1913 Edition


Scenography

Sce-nog′ra-phy

,
Noun.
[L.
scaenographia
, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] scene, stage +
γράφειν
to write: cf. F.
scénographie
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scenography

SCENOG'RAPHY

,
Noun.
[Gr. scene, to describel.]
the representation of a body on a perspective plane; or a description of it in all its dimensions as it appears to the eye.

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scenography

scenography

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Noun

scenography (countable and uncountable, plural scenographies)

  1. The design of theatrical sets.
  2. The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane.
  3. A representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye.
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