cyclorama

noun

cy·​clo·​ra·​ma ˌsī-klə-ˈra-mə How to pronounce cyclorama (audio) -ˈrä- How to pronounce cyclorama (audio)
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
cycloramic adjective

Examples of cyclorama in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Located in the Buckhead neighborhood, 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, 23 Jan. 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 An adjacent, interactive touch-screen provides information on what today occupies the scenes in the replica cyclorama. New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021

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Word History

Etymology

cycl- + -orama (as in panorama)

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of cyclorama was in 1840

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“Cyclorama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cyclorama. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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