The “Cyclorama” was a very popular late 1800s attraction that gave visitors a kind of “three dimensional” view of landscapes usually in the form of famous battles. Made of large oil-painted canvases people could view the large paintings and sometimes see very detailed areas of a battlefield.
The “Battle of Gettysburg” Cyclorama at Gettysburg National Military Park is [deleted] one that has survived, but there were others and one of them was displayed for a time in Denver, Colorado. The Gettysburg Cyclorama is 359 feet long, 27 feet high and weighs an estimated 3 tons. A visitor sent me the following photos of the location in Denver where the Cyclorama was displayed for a time; these images were sent to me back in July:
There’s another surviving cyclorama in Atlanta.
>The “Battle of Gettysburg” Cyclorama at Gettysburg National >Military Park is the only one that has survived
Huh? Are you aware of the Atlanta Cyclorama in Atlanta?
DAn, clearly I was not aware of it. Thanks Will for adding the info!
C
No problem; for that matter, there are actually two other Cycloramas in the world: one somewhere in Canada that depicts a Biblical scene, and another somewhere in storage in Egypt (don’t know what it portrays, though).
chris, thought you might want to be aware of the only other gettysburg cyclorama .we currently represent the owners of the Chicago (Wake Forest University) version. which is stunningly incredible ! check it out on our site http://www.lastersfineart.com thanks larry