Description
Book SynopsisExploring the 60-degree panorama: the late eighteenth-century origins of immersive visual spectacle.
Trade Review"During the last decade the new field of panorama studies has achieved a great deal, though many accounts of this important and elusive form of visual representation are still marked by misleading generalizations. Denise Blake Oleksijczuk’s impressive The First Panoramas carries panorama research to a new level of material and historical specificity. Clearly it is a work that will be indispensable for anyone studying this topic and readers will be rewarded by its exemplary combination of archival investigation and theoretical reflection." —Jonathan Crary, Meyer Schapiro Professor of Modern Art and Theory, Columbia University
"The First Panoramas is a substantial and fascinating book that offers new ways of looking at the panoramic culture of early nineteenth century Britain. It combines a very detailed historical analysis with readings of individual panoramic works." —Lynda Nead, Birkbeck University of London
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Robert and Henry Aston Barker’s Panorama
1. Nature at a Glance
2. Selling the Panorama to London
3. The King and Queen Visit the Panorama
4. The Views of Constantinople
5. The Keys to Panoramas
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
