Scenic design

The origins of scenic design may be found in the outdoor amphitheaters of ancient Greece, when acts were staged using basic props and scenery.

Because of improvements in stage equipment and drawing perspectives throughout the Renaissance, more complex and realistic sets could be created for scenic design.

[citation needed] Scenic design involves several key elements: Set Pieces: These are physical structures, such as platforms, walls, and furniture, that define the spatial environment of the performance.

Functionality: In order to meet the demands of the actors, crew, and technical specifications of the show, and sets must be useful and practical.

[6] Some notable scenic designers include: Adolphe Appia, Boris Aronson, Alexandre Benois, Alison Chitty, Antony McDonald, Barry Kay, Caspar Neher, Cyro Del Nero, Aleksandra Ekster, David Gallo, Edward Gordon Craig, Es Devlin, Ezio Frigerio, Christopher Gibbs, Franco Zeffirelli, George Tsypin, Howard Bay, Inigo Jones, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Jo Mielziner, John Lee Beatty, Josef Svoboda, Ken Adam, Léon Bakst, Luciano Damiani, Maria Björnson, Ming Cho Lee, Philip James de Loutherbourg, Natalia Goncharova, Nathan Altman, Nicholas Georgiadis, Oliver Smith, Ralph Koltai, Emanuele Luzzati, Neil Patel, Robert Wilson, Russell Patterson, Brian Sidney Bembridge, Santo Loquasto, Sean Kenny, Todd Rosenthal, Robin Wagner, Tony Walton, Louis Daguerre, Ralph Funicello, and Roger Kirk.

Set design model by Marcel Jambon for an 1895 Paris production of Giuseppe Verdi 's Otello .
Set design for the New Zealand Opera 's 2016 production of Mozart 's Magic Flute
Scenic design for The 2010 Family Series , by Glenn Davis
A simple red curtain set design for the Oresteia presented by Stairwell Theater, 2019
Scenic designer Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954) drawing at a waist-high table (c. 1920).