Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A department of the art of painting governed by the laws of perspective, applied to the peculiar exigencies of the theatrical stage.
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Examples
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The atmosphere and scene-painting are as good as Rebecca -- it's the same landscape (Cornwall) a century earlier.
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But they also encouraged them to choose mates with sewing and scene-painting skills.
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The atmosphere and scene-painting are as good as Rebecca -- it's the same landscape (Cornwall) a century earlier.
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The dresses of the actresses, the furniture, the scene-painting, the instruction of raw Norwegian actors and actresses, the selection of plays, now to please himself, now to please the bourgeois of Bergen, all this must be done by the poet or not done at all.
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The dresses of the actresses, the furniture, the scene-painting, the instruction of raw Norwegian actors and actresses, the selection of plays, now to please himself, now to please the bourgeois of Bergen, all this must be done by the poet or not done at all.
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Too often, these books forget to tell a story, opting instead for (sometimes quite vivid) portraiture or scene-painting, trusting that the rightness of the theme is enough to carry readers along.
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Too often, these books forget to tell a story, opting instead for (sometimes quite vivid) portraiture or scene-painting, trusting that the rightness of the theme is enough to carry readers along.
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“But I thought men got lots of money by scene-painting?”
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Mr Lupex had been at that little shop in Drury Lane after he came down from his scene-painting.
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But they also encouraged them to choose mates with sewing and scene-painting skills.
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