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单词 cyclorama
释义

cycloraman.

/sʌɪkləˈrɑːmə/
Etymology: modern < Greek κύκλος circle + ὅραμα spectacle.
1. A picture of a landscape or scene arranged on the inside of a cylindrical surface, the spectator standing in the middle.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > optical shows > [noun] > cyclorama or myriorama
cyclorama1840
myriorama1856
1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 191 The panorama forms the surface of a hollow cylinder..(whence it is..called..cyclorama).
1849 (title) Description of the Royal Cyclorama..Regents Park, opened in 1848.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 June 11/1 The cyclorama [of Niagara] which has ‘fetched’ all London.
2. Theatre. A large backcloth or wall, frequently curved, at the back of a stage, used esp. to represent the sky.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > scenery > cloth > types of
sky-border1744
skydrop1854
skycloth1871
sea-cloth1883
cut cloth1884
front cloth1884
backcloth1886
backdrop1913
cyclorama1915
teaser1916
scrim1930
cut drop1961
1915 H. K. Moderwell Theatre To-day ii. 52 The ‘skydrops’..have been replaced..by an invention that makes a natural landscape possible. This is the ‘Horizont’, which we may name for the purpose a cyclorama.
1930 Observer 18 May 11/2 The stage will have unique features, including an artificial horizon or cyclorama.
1957 Oxf. Compan. Theatre (ed. 2) 173 The cyclorama is, in essence, a curved wall, or section of a dome, built at the back of the stage, and demanding one quality—an absolutely unbroken surface.
1958 W. T. O'Dea Social Hist. Lighting vii. 166 In 1902 the first attempts were made to produce coloured sky effects by coloured light only, the ‘cyclorama’ being installed by Mariano Fortuny at the Scala Opera House in Milan. The cyclorama, which is a smooth, light-coloured surface the full height and width of the stage, can also be used for optical projection of scenery and effects, but it must not be in the path of any illumination other than that deliberately cast upon it.

Derivatives

cycloˈramic adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > optical shows > [adjective] > cyclorama or myriorama
myrioramic1838
cycloramic1887
1887 Appletons' Ann. Cycl. 1886 278/1 The laws of cycloramic perspective.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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