scenography

English

Etymology

Latin scenographia, equivalent to scene +‎ -ography.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

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.
   • 1705, Thomas Greenhill, Νεκροκηδεία or The Art of Embalming:

     The Walls or Partitions are represented by the Letters C. C. C. but these are all more exactly seen in the Scenography, in which D. and E. shows two Caves with their Walls turn’d over with Arches.

Related terms

• scenographer
• scenographic

Translations

design of theatrical sets

• Finnish: lavastus (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: scenografi m

  Nynorsk: scenografi m

  Portuguese: cenografia (pt) f

• Russian: сценогра́фия (ru) f (scenográfija)
• Swedish: scenografi (sv) c

art or act of representation in perspective

• Finnish: perspektiivipiirustus
• Russian: сценогра́фия (ru) f (scenográfija)
• Swedish: scenografi (sv) c

representation in perspective

• Finnish: perspektiivipiirustus
• Russian: сценогра́фия (ru) f (scenográfija)