Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large composite picture placed on the interior walls of a cylindrical room so as to appear in natural perspective to a spectator standing in the center of the room.
- noun A large curtain or wall, usually concave, hung or placed at the rear of a stage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A representation of a landscape, battle, or other scene, arranged on the walls of a room of cylindrical shape, and so executed as to appear in natural perspective, the spectators occupying a position in the center; a circular panorama.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
display consisting of acontinuous series ofpictures placed on thewalls of acircular room so as to appear innatural perspective by aperson standing in the middle. - noun A large
curtain or wall, often concave, hung upstage, in atheatre .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A cyclorama is a 360 degree painting that tells a story.
Blisstree 2009
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The cyclorama is a good place to learn more about the Battle of Gettysburg.
Summit Daily News - Top Stories By COLETTE CONNOLLY special to the daily 2009
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The cyclorama is a 337ft x 42ft panoramic painting of the Battle of Gettysburg, painted by Frenchman Paul Philippoteaux
The Bioscope 2008
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The cyclorama is a 337ft x 42ft panoramic painting of the Battle of Gettysburg, painted by Frenchman Paul Philippoteaux
The Bioscope 2008
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Across the back of the stage stretches a cyclorama, drenched in the hues of a changing sky Paul Keogan's lighting.
Yerma – review 2011
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Focused on the years 1973-77, "Love Goes to Buildings on Fire" offers up a cyclorama of everything from salsa and art rock to the births of hip-hop and punk.
New York Rock City Eric Been 2011
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The show ends with a cyclorama of toys floating down in a crystalline snowfall, with a small symbolic bonfire on the floor, for putting away childish things.
Every Girl and Boy Land Judy Fayard 2011
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I didn't want a cyclorama scrim across the back - everybody has those.
In the studio with Bill T. Jones Sarah Kaufman 2011
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The Rodrigo was envisioned as a memory of my experiencing the cyclorama of the Cherokee Nation's forced march to the west called "Unto These Hills" as a child in North Carolina on vacation.
Mike Ragogna: Glen Campbell's "Ghost On The Canvas" Video, Plus Chatting with Miles Español's Bob Belden Mike Ragogna 2011
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The Rodrigo was envisioned as a memory of my experiencing the cyclorama of the Cherokee Nation's forced march to the west called "Unto These Hills" as a child in North Carolina on vacation.
Mike Ragogna: Glen Campbell's "Ghost On The Canvas" Video, Plus Chatting with Miles Español's Bob Belden Mike Ragogna 2011
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