cyclorama

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A cyclorama is a 360 degree painting that tells a story.

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  1. 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.
  2. noun A large curtain or wall, usually concave, hung or placed at the rear of a stage.

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  • For fifty dollars I bought more scenery than I could fit in the studio, including a two-sided cyclorama -- purple on one side for night, blue on the other side for day -- a kitchen, a library interior, a building exterior -- everything I needed to make a cheap movie. —  The Real Frank Zappa Book
  • When Admiral Byrd departed on his 1933 polar science expedition, little-known New York cyclorama painter David Abbey Paige went along to document the voyage. —  Art Knowledge News
  • Mueller, who was known for designing and building his own cameras, shot a famous 360-degree cyclorama taken in the center of Baltimore and Charles the day after the fire. —  Blog updates
  • At the heart of the center is Behalt, a 10-foot high, 265-foot circumference cyclorama. —  dispatch.com: RSS
  • Truman Show, like that movie about the nightmare of the ultimate reality television programme which covered every detail of the life of a boy growing up in the ideal island suburb, where all the nice people are film extras and the horizon is the cyclorama of a film set. —  Slugger O'Toole
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. cycl(o)- + (pan)orama.

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  1. from Greek κύκλος, a circle, + όραμα, a view, from όραν, see.
 

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/saɪkləˈrɑmə/
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