cyclorama
noun
cy·clo·ra·ma
ˌsī-klə-ˈra-mə 
-ˈrä-
-ˈrä-
1
: a large pictorial representation encircling the spectator and often having real objects as a foreground
2
: a curved curtain or wall used as a background of a stage set to suggest unlimited space
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Fun Fact: The cyclorama on display at the Atlanta History Center depicts the Battle of Atlanta.
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Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 22 July 2024
Lê describes the installation as a response to the cyclorama, which became a popular form of entertainment in the nineteenth century.
—Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
Located in the neighborhood of Buckhead, the Atlanta History Center has a mix of indoor and outdoor exhibits, from the 1928 Swan House to a cyclorama depicting the Battle of Atlanta. Visit the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
Those jams have a way of walking you into the hypnotic cyclorama of schmaltziness that the ’80s fully embraced with a bear hug.
—Ed Schrader, SPIN, 6 Sep. 2022
The video design by Luke Halls creates a poetic cyclorama of sea and skyline that conjures history in black-and-white imagery and occasionally summons the nightmares of its characters in gory color.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022
The evening opened with several of the company’s men sliding in and out of lunges and wide fourth positions, silhouetted by an orangy glow on the cyclorama (thanks to Harrison Pearse Burke’s nimble lighting).
—Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022
The centerpiece of the show, which occupies the Armory’s 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall, is a towering cyclorama in which the seven-part video work Conditions (2021) plays.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
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Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 22 July 2024
Lê describes the installation as a response to the cyclorama, which became a popular form of entertainment in the nineteenth century.
—Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
Located in the neighborhood of Buckhead, the Atlanta History Center has a mix of indoor and outdoor exhibits, from the 1928 Swan House to a cyclorama depicting the Battle of Atlanta. Visit the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
Those jams have a way of walking you into the hypnotic cyclorama of schmaltziness that the ’80s fully embraced with a bear hug.
—Ed Schrader, SPIN, 6 Sep. 2022
The video design by Luke Halls creates a poetic cyclorama of sea and skyline that conjures history in black-and-white imagery and occasionally summons the nightmares of its characters in gory color.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022
The evening opened with several of the company’s men sliding in and out of lunges and wide fourth positions, silhouetted by an orangy glow on the cyclorama (thanks to Harrison Pearse Burke’s nimble lighting).
—Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022
The centerpiece of the show, which occupies the Armory’s 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall, is a towering cyclorama in which the seven-part video work Conditions (2021) plays.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
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“Cyclorama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cyclorama. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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