138 PAINTING. 



Romanesque'. — A fantastic style of ornament in which animals 

 and foliage are represented. 



Scene'-Paiiiting. — The act or the art of painting scenery for 

 (I theatre^ etc. 



Sciag'raphy (Gr. skla, a shadow, and grapJio, I describe). — 

 The art of casting and deUneatiiicj shadows with truth 

 and upon mathematical principles. 



Scum'bling'. — The act of thinly spreading or rubbing opaque 

 or semi-opaque colors over other colors, to modify the 

 effect. 



Stereoch'romy (Gr. stereos, solid, and chroma, pigment). — A 

 kind of wall-painting in which the colors are mixed with 

 water, and the whole picture permanently fixed by profu.se 

 sprinklings of water containing a certain proportion of 

 fluoric acid. 



Still'-Life. — The cla.«:s or style of painting which represents 

 objects not having animate existence, and which are usually 

 only adjuncts to a picture, as fruits, flowers, dead game or 

 animals, and the like. 



Strength. — Boldness of conception or treatment. 



Study.— fA work undertaken for improvement in the art, and 

 often left incomplete. 



Syn'chronism. — A representation of two or more events occur- 

 ring at different times, in the same picture. 



Tab'lature. — A distinct, consistent piece or composition, de- 

 finitely circumscribed, as on a wall or a ceiling. 



Tone. — The prevailing color of a picture, or its general effect, 

 depending on the right relation of objects in shadow to the 

 principal light, and on the quality of color, by which it is 

 felt to owe part of its brightness to the hue of the light 

 upon it. 



Tout Ensemble (Fr., all together). — The general effect of a 

 work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the 

 separate parts. 



Unity. — Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, 

 or a kind of symmetry of style and character. 



PERSPECTIVE. 



Perspectog'raphy. — The science or theory of perspective. 

 Bird's-eye View. — A view taken from a great elevation, the 

 point of sight being at a very considerable distance above 



