The Enormous Moving Panoramas Of 19th-Century America

“[A panorama] wasn’t meant to be viewed all at once. As a sort of pre-cinema film strip, it would be slowly turned for an audience as it immersed itself in the nautical narrative. Despite the huge popularity of such moving panoramas in the 19th century, very few survive. One of these rare examples is having a special viewing this month.”

source ArtsJournal http://ift.tt/1R9SwrH

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