What was a panorama? Markman Ellis explores the evolution of this immersive form of topographical art.
The panorama was among the most astonishing and popular of visual
spectacles from the early 1790s through most of the next century. A
panorama was a painting – a very big painting – hung on the inside of a
specially built circular building. Viewers paid an entrance fee to see
it, entering by way of a tunnel and staircase into the very centre of
the circle, where they could see a painting that surrounded them on all
sides, around 360 degrees. A fence or barrier prevented viewers from
getting close to the massive painting, whose top and base were also
obscured from view. Depicting landscapes, city views, and battle scenes,
the panorama had a distinctive, unprecedented, and utterly unusual
effect: it made the viewer feel like they were really there. ... [mehr] https://www.bl.uk/picturing-places/articles/the-spectacle-of-the-panorama
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