Ken commented on a picture I posted on the "This Day in History" thread, showing the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/ ... 984&page=9
This picture is one a wonderful series of panorama paintings featuring significant evnts in history. There's a list of them here:
http://www.panoramapainting.com
Click on Worldwide to search the list
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Panorama Paintings
Panorama Paintings
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There's a great panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg at the visitor's center at the site of the battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The visitor's center has been remodeled and the painting (actually called the Gettysburg Cyclorama) has a new home. I saw it there last November.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Cyclorama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Cyclorama
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[quote=""Susan""]There's a great panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg at the visitor's center at the site of the battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The visitor's center has been remodeled and the painting (actually called the Gettysburg Cyclorama) has a new home. I saw it there last November.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Cyclorama[/quote]
I was up in Gettysburg last September. The visitor's center is definitely nice!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Cyclorama[/quote]
I was up in Gettysburg last September. The visitor's center is definitely nice!
[quote=""princess garnet""]I was up in Gettysburg last September. The visitor's center is definitely nice![/quote]
Isn't it! They did a great job with the exhibits.
Isn't it! They did a great job with the exhibits.
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The Cyclorama in Atlanta is a pretty amazing panorama painting, although I haven't actually seen it since I was little. The moving platform made me motion sick -- how lame is that!
Two years ago, I visited the Panorama Mesdag in The Hague, which takes your breath away. It is an incredible painting of the beach town of Scheveningen during the late 1800s. You can see it in the film "Vincent and Theo" (van Gogh greatly admired this panorama, so a scene is set there). The perspective is just incredible!
Two years ago, I visited the Panorama Mesdag in The Hague, which takes your breath away. It is an incredible painting of the beach town of Scheveningen during the late 1800s. You can see it in the film "Vincent and Theo" (van Gogh greatly admired this panorama, so a scene is set there). The perspective is just incredible!
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