A cosmorama is an exhibition of
perspective picture
Panoramic paintings are massive artworks that reveal a wide, all-encompassing view of a particular subject, often a landscape, military battle, or historical event. They became especially popular in the 19th century in Europe and the United Sta ...
s of different places in the world, usually world
landmark
A landmark is a recognizable natural or artificial feature used for navigation, a feature that stands out from its near environment and is often visible from long distances.
In modern use, the term can also be applied to smaller structures or f ...
s. Careful use of illumination and lenses gives the images greater realism.
Cosmorama was also the name of an entertainment in 19th century London, at 207-209
Regent Street
Regent Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. It is named after George, the Prince Regent (later George IV) and was laid out under the direction of the architect John Nash and James Burton. It runs from Waterloo Place ...
, at which the public could view scenes of distant lands and exotic subjects through optical devices that magnified the pictures. It was later converted into an exhibition of curiosities named the
Prince of Wales Bazaar. Exhibits included a sea lion, a sea serpent and L. Bertolotto's
Flea circus.
File:John vanderlyn, panoramic view of the palace and gardens of versailles, 1818-1819, 01.JPG, Cosmorama of Chateau Versailles (1819-1818), once in City Hall Park, New York City, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
File:John vanderlyn, panoramic view of the palace and gardens of versailles, 1818-1819, 02.JPG, Cosmorama of Chateau Versailles (1819-1818), once in City Hall Park, New York City, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
File:John vanderlyn, panoramic view of the palace and gardens of versailles, 1818-1819, 03.JPG, Cosmorama of Chateau Versailles (1819-1818), once in City Hall Park, New York City, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Port-au-Prince Cosmorama
Port-au-Prince Cosmorama was an exhibition of
perspective picture
Panoramic paintings are massive artworks that reveal a wide, all-encompassing view of a particular subject, often a landscape, military battle, or historical event. They became especially popular in the 19th century in Europe and the United Sta ...
s of different places and landmarks in the world, held on March 2, 1834, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
''Cosmoramic Views Exhibited''
# View of Paris, with Place Vendôme and the beautiful high column by Napoéon.
# View the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, presenting the graves of Molière, Lafontaine Delisle, Grétri etc.
# View of the beautiful and pistoresque fall of Tequendama in Colombia, near Santa Fe de Bogota.
# Perspective view of Madrid and the palace King of Spain.
# Interior view of London with a view of the Thames from Black Friars Bridge, the prospect of the beautiful church of St. Paul.
# View of the Battle of New Orleans, between the Americans and the English. (January 8, 1815)
See also
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Cyclorama
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Diorama
A diorama is a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum. Dioramas are often built by hobbyists as part of related hobbies such as military vehicle mode ...
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Eidophusikon
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Myriorama
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Panorama
A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in ...
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Panoramic painting
Panoramic paintings are massive artworks that reveal a wide, all-encompassing view of a particular subject, often a landscape, military battle, or historical event. They became especially popular in the 19th century in Europe and the United St ...
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* Port-au-Prince Cosmorama
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