cyclorama
Americannoun
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a pictorial representation, in perspective, of a landscape, battle, etc., on the inner wall of a cylindrical room or hall, viewed by spectators occupying a position in the center.
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Theater. a curved wall or drop at the back of a stage, used for creating an illusion of unlimited space or distance in the background of exterior scenes or for obtaining lighting effects.
noun
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Also called: panorama. a large picture, such as a battle scene, on the interior wall of a cylindrical room, designed to appear in natural perspective to a spectator in the centre
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theatre
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a curtain or wall curving along the back of a stage, usually painted to represent the sky and serving to enhance certain lighting effects
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any set of curtains that enclose the back and sides of a stage setting
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The video design by Luke Halls creates a poetic cyclorama of sea and skyline that conjures history in black-and-white imagery and occasionally summons the nightmares of its characters in gory color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
If anything, with its mismatched props, barnyard animals and flat beige cyclorama, it depicts a group of attractive people amusingly failing to make a music video.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
One of the most interesting items is a modern photographic replica of the study for the 47-foot by 380-foot cyclorama of the fire made in 1892 for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
Some are in concert with the shape of the building — as in Bradford’s cyclorama.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
“Um, I was gonna go tell Violet some of the stuff we wanted. That cyclorama okay with you?”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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