Staffage

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

In painting, staffage (French pronunciation: [stafaʒ]) are the minor human and animal figures depicted in a scene, especially a landscape, that are not the primary subject matter of the work. Typically they are small, and there to add an indication of scale and add interest.

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