Panorama

(pan-o-rah'mah.) [From Gr. pan, everything, and or ama, a sight.) A picture on a very large scale, fixed around a room specially constructed for the purpose, so that from the centre a spectator may have a complete view of the objects represented. The artist must take an accurate plan of the whole surrounding country, as far as the eye can reach from a high point. Truth of representation and closene of imitation are the great objects to be aimed at in panoramas, and the deception must be promoted by the manner in which| the light is admitted. When it is well executed, the panorama produces a complete illusion. [s. 680]