Diorama
[,daɪə'rɑːmə] or [,daɪə'rɑmə]
Definition
(n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced.
(n.) A building used for such an exhibition.
Editor: Olivia
Definition
n. an exhibition of pictures illuminated and viewed through an opening in the wall of a darkened chamber.—adj. Dioram′ic.
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Examples
- This portable Diorama can be most conveniently shown by lamplight, the flame of an argand lamp, the wick of which can be heightened and lowered, being best adapted for the purpose. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- That building was intended for the exhibition of the Diorama. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Such was the Diorama as it was first exhibited in London to admiring crowds. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It will be observed that the principle, on which the metamorphoses of Dissolving Views depend, is similar to that which produces the variations in the diorama. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Diorama was opened in London on the 6th of October, 1823, and for a long time it was equally popular in this metropolis. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Apart from motions, a complete diorama of the fluctuations of the game went on in their eyes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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