British Military Panoramas: Battle in the Round, 1800-1914 (Beckett Ian F. W.)(Paperback)

Originating in Britain in the 1780s, 360 panorama paintings were extremely popular in the first half of the nineteenth century and, after a revival, in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Over 300 large-scale panoramas were painted worldwide in the course of the nineteenth century, and as many as 100 million people worldwide may have viewed one between 1870 and 1900. From the beginning, battle was a popular panorama, well-known surviving examples including those at Gettysburg, Atlanta, Sebastopol, Borodino, and Waterloo. Many of the survivors from the late nineteenth century have been extensively restored and renovated and presented to new audiences with the all the advantages of modern sound and light systems. It can remain a special experience to visit one. They are still being painted in states such as China, North Korea, and Turkey.
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