THE PANORAMA(1916) by Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949)
Uploaded By
Featured Theater
Chicago, IL
More Photos
Photo Info
Uploaded on: April 10, 2015
Size: 2.1 MB
Views: 2,076
License:
THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION RECORD OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 1888-1950 by Peter Hastings Falk(Sound View Press 1990),p.209
1 person
favorited this photo
Comments (1)
I am writing the first book from the American point of view about 19th century rotunda panoramas. These were the biggest paintings in the world, 50 x 400=20,000 square feet, housed in their own rotundas which were 16-sided polygons. Chicago in 1893 had 6 panorama companies and 6 panorama rotundas.