It usually consists of a flat or curved back cloth on which a scenic painting or photograph is mounted.
MADISON F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theater "Midday with Masters: Scenic Painting Tricks of the Trade," painting and decorative techniques.
There was a spectacular tradition of scenic painting in America in the 19th century, but Manny was unmoved by it.
BRIDGE & TUNNEL Written and performed by Sarah Jones; directed by Tony Taccone; conceived by Ms. Jones and Steve Colman; assistant director, Mr. Colman; lighting by Alexander V. Nichols; production manager, David Szlasa; sound by Chris Meade and DJ Rekha; scenic painting, Blake Lethem; technical director, Garin Marschall; stage manager, Annie Brown.
True, the 1980 production has great virtues, notably the wonderful scenic painting by the designer Pier Luigi Samaritani, and the judicious theatrical sense shown by Ms. Makarova in reshaping and reimagining the original four-act 1877 extravaganza choreographed by Marius Petipa in three acts.
An uncle found him an entry-level job at a scenic studio, where he set up the tempera palettes for scenic artists painting theatrical sets.
Edith used friends and neighbors as models for portraits and allegorical figure studies, although she also painted scenic views.
Louis Daguerre, who painted scenic backdrops for the theatre using a camera obscura, was also trying to develop a photographic process, and the two men became partners.
Slip painting was widely used in ancient Egyptian pottery, in which animal and scenic motifs are painted in white slip on a red body, and in North American Indian wares.
Inside one were stacks of tiny framed canvases in the style of the 18th-century view painter Francesco Guardi, a rival of Canaletto and Pannini who painted scenic postcards of Venice to sell to British nobility on their Grand Tour.
