单词 | scenographer |
释义 | scenographern. 1. A person who uses techniques of perspective in representing three-dimensional objects such as buildings, etc. Cf. scenograph n., scenography n. 1. Now rare (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > perspective > [noun] > artist scenographer1598 perspectivist1648 scenograph1842 1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge ii. 199 Astronomers, Scenographers [It. scenografici], Makers of glasses. 1669 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 2) 267 Scenographer, or Designer of Prospects. 1677 F. Sandford Geneal. Hist. Kings Eng. 65 I have inserted the Figure of this Monument..sent to me by the said Lady Abbess, about three years before her death, and delineated by her own Scenographer. 1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art 67 An architect and scenographer called Cleisthenes. 1895 W. Besant Westminster 385 Writer, Flourisher, and Embellisher, Scenographer, or Designer of Prospects, Letter-Founder, of each one. 1922 Burlington Mag. Aug. 75/2 The fantastic scenographers of the Bibbiena school, like Bigari, who is here well represented with admirable perspectives. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Nov. 42/2 He had a number of brilliant scenographers and architects design a Grail hall for Graswang, one of his Bavarian palaces. 2. A person who designs or creates theatrical scenery according to the rules of stage perspective; a person who creates a stage set and performance environment through the use of scenery, lighting, costume, etc.; a scenic artist. Cf. scenography n. 2, 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > designer of scenery scenographer1874 1874 Musical World 1 Apr. 225/1 It will be next to impossible that the scenic artists, the ‘scenographers’, as the Italians denominate the gentlemen who wield the pictorial pencil and brush for the stage, can be ready before the end of the present month. 1915 Musical Q. 1 442 From the very beginnings of public stage-plays in Venice, we note three scenographers who are explicitly mentioned in the libretti. 1966 Romanian Rev. 20 iv. 100 The architect who has abandoned his..field to serve the theatre, as scenographer, may wonder whether he has not preferred a minor branch of the profession. 2007 Opera Now Mar. 88/1 Boos and whistles greeted the appearance at the final curtain of the producer, scenographer and costume designer for this new version of The Magic Flute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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