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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. Background Panoramas were invented by Irish painter Robert Barker, who wanted to find a way to capture the panoramic view from Calton Hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland. He subsequently opened his first cyclorama building in Edinburgh in 1787. Cycloramas were very popular in the late 19th century. The most popular traveled from city to city to provide local entertainment – much like a modern movie. As the viewers stood in the center of the painting, there would often be music and a narrator telling the story of the event depicted. Sometimes dioramas were constructed in the foreground to provide additional realism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lucien-Pierre Sergent
Lucien-Pierre Sergent (8 June 1849 – 1904) was a French people, French academic painter. He was known for his military art. Early life Sergent was born in 1849 at Massy, Essonne, Massy in the Seine-et-Oise department.Chavignerie, Emile ''et al.'' (1882). He was known as a student of Vauchelet Pils and Jean-Paul Laurens. Career His 1874 painting, ''Le dernier effort à la porte Ballan, fin de la bataille de Sedan 1re septembre 1870'' was purchased by the French government. It was installed at Prytanée National Militaire in the city of La Flèche. His 1888 painting ''The Battles of Vicksburg,'' was a 360° panorama of the land and naval battles of Vicksburg in 1863 during the American Civil War. The work was completed and first exhibited in Paris; and it was subsequently shown in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco before it was installed in Tokyo. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Barker (painter)
Robert Barker (1739 – 8 April 1806) was a painter from Kells, County Meath, Ireland, known for his panoramic paintings and for his coinage of the word "panorama". Biography The itinerant portrait painter Robert Barker coined the word "panorama", from Greek language, Greek ''pan'' ("all") ''horama'' ("view"), in 1792 to describe his paintings of Edinburgh, Scotland, shown on a cylindrical surface, which he soon was exhibiting in London, as "The Panorama". The Barker Panorama of Edinburgh from Calton Hill is considered to be the earliest panorama view and held within University of Edinburgh. This six-piece set of engravings show a 360-degree view of the city of Edinburgh from a standing position on Calton Hill. In 1793, Barker moved his panoramas to the first purpose-built panorama building in the world, designed by Robert Mitchell (architect), Robert Mitchell and built in Leicester Square, and made a fortune. Viewers flocked to pay 3 shillings to stand on a central platform un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ben-Hur (play)
''Ben-Hur'' was an 1899 theatrical adaptation of the 1880 Lew Wallace novel '' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ''. The story was dramatized by William W. Young and produced by Marc Klaw and A. L. Erlanger. The stage production was notable for its elaborate use of spectacle, including live horses for the famous chariot race. The hippodrama had six acts with incidental music written by American composer Edgar Stillman Kelley. The stage production opened at the Broadway Theater in New York City on November 29, 1899, and became a hit Broadway show. Traveling versions of the production, including a national tour that ran for twenty-one years, played in the United States, Great Britain, and Australia. By the end of its run in April 1920, the play had been seen by more than twenty million people and earned over $10 million at the box office. There have been other stage adaptations of Wallace's novel, as well as several motion picture versions. History After Wallace's novel was publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
