σκιαγραφία, or shade-painting, is illusory scene-painting. Plato (Crit. 107 c.) calls it “indistinct and deceptive.” cf. Ar. Eth. Nic. i. 3, 4, “παχυλῶς καὶ ἐν τύπῳ.” The τύπος gives the general design, not an exact anticipation.