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What (who) is cyclorama - definition

PANORAMIC PAINTING ON THE INSIDE OF A CYLINDRICAL CANVAS
Buffalo Cyclorama
  • Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama building at the [[Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition]] in 1909
  •  A cyclorama view of [[Cornell University]] from McGraw Hall embracing 360 degrees (1902)
  •  [[Paul Philippoteaux]] painting the [[Gettysburg Cyclorama]] circa 1883. From the archives of [[Gettysburg National Military Park]]

cyclorama         
[?s??kl?'r?:m?]
¦ noun
1. a panoramic scene set on the inside of a cylindrical surface, to be viewed by a central spectator.
2. a cloth stretched tight in an arc around the back of a stage set, often used to represent the sky.
Derivatives
cycloramic -'ram?k adjective
Cyclorama         
·noun A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially.
Cyclorama         
A cyclorama is a panoramic image on the inside of a cylindrical platform, designed to give viewers standing in the middle of the cylinder a 360° view, and also a building designed to show a panoramic image. The intended effect is to make viewers, surrounded by the panoramic image, feel as if they were standing in the midst of the place depicted in the image.

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Cyclorama

A cyclorama is a panoramic image on the inside of a cylindrical platform, designed to give viewers standing in the middle of the cylinder a 360° view, and also a building designed to show a panoramic image. The intended effect is to make viewers, surrounded by the panoramic image, feel as if they were standing in the midst of the place depicted in the image.

Examples of use of cyclorama
1. Beyond 2 Columbus Circle, the Modern group includes the Cyclorama Center in Gettysburg, Pa., built from 1'58 to 1'61 to house a panoramic painting that depicts the final battle there; Konstantin Melnikov‘s House Studio in Moscow (1'27–1'2'), a cylindrical building that the avant–garde architect designed for his family; and the historic city center of Asmara, a series of strikingly Modernist buildings in Eritrea built by Italian occupiers from 1'36 to 1'41.