Megalography
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌmɛɡəˈlɒɡrəfi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Megalography is a noun meaning (art) The depiction of great or grand things, such as heroes and gods; painting on a large scale.
Meaning
(art) The depiction of great or grand things, such as heroes and gods; painting on a large scale.
More Meanings
- (medicine) macrography; form of dysgraphia defined by unusually large handwriting
Example Sentences
The room was decorated with magnificent megalography, overwhelming the viewer upon entrance.
What were, in short, these astonishing decorators of all sorts, lavishing frescoes, ceilings, and that historical megalography which surprises us even now by its boldness and breadth?
The Pompeian houses are usually small; the space which the architect gave over to the painter was not, as a rule, of great extent, and was little suited for what the Greeks styled "megalography."
Antonyms for megalography
Common opposites include rhopography.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include megalomania, megascale, gigantomania, enormousness, grandeur, mammoth.
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