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What in Wagner's scenic design ideas did Swiss Adolphe Appia reject?

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In interpreting Wagner's ideas in scenic designs for his operas, Appia rejected painted scenery for the three-dimensional set; he felt that shade was as necessary as light to link the actor to this setting in time and space.

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