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American Panorama and Diorama Art
Introduction
This section of the Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in American Art is devoted to the topic "American Panorama Art." Articles and essays specific to this topic published in TFAO's Resource Library are listed at the beginning of the section. Clicking on titles takes readers directly to these articles and essays. The date at the end of each title is the Resource Library publication date.
Following the listing of Resource Library articles and essays is the heading "From other websites" with links to valuable online resources found outside our website. Links may be to museums' articles about exhibits, plus much more topical information based on our online searches.
Following online resources is information about offline resources including museums, DVDs, and paper-printed books, journals and articles.
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Articles and essays from Resource Library in chronological order:
Panorama of the American Landscape by William Dunlap (8/12/04)
C.C.A. Christensen's Panoramas (1/6/03)
The Grand Moving Panorama of Pilgrim's Progress (8/16/99)
Expanded Visions: The Panoramic Photograph (1998)
From other websites:
Moving panorama to open at Saco Museum, from The Portland Press Herald., June 18, 2012. Accessed August, 2015.
Moving Pictures: C.C.A Christensen's Mormon Panorama is a 2015 exhibit at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art which says: "C.C.A. Christensen is best known for his panorama tracing the events of early Church history, from Joseph Smith's first vision to the pioneers' entrance into the Salt Lake Valley in July 1847. He created 23 dramatic scenes -- of which 22 survive -- depicting the miracles and persecutions of the young Church. C.C.A. based his work on accounts from early Church members, some of whom had been eyewitnesses to the events." Accessed 3/17
The Panorama: History of a Mass Medium, by Stephan Oetterman, Zone Books, 1997: reviewed by Russell A. Potter. Accessed August, 2015.
Panoramas: The Big Picture is a 2019 exhibit at the New-York Historical Society which says: "Panoramas: The Big Picture explores the history and continued impact of panoramas from the 17th to the 21st century, as they were used to create spatial illusions, map places, and tell stories." Also see NYHS images and New York Art Beat article Accessed 3/20
Panorama Companies and Painters, from Museum of Wisconsin Art. Accessed August, 2015.
Panoramic painting from Wikipedia. Accessed August, 2015.
DVD/VHS videos:
Visiting...With Huell Howser #911 - PANORAMA is a 28 minute 2007 video by Huell Howser Productions, which says on its webte: "Sara Velas is an artist with one passion--panoramas. On a drive through Hollywood, Velas looked past the round, kitschy, South Pacific design of the building at 5553 Hollywood Boulevard, and saw the perfect rotunda for a panorama. Velas shares her knowledge of this popular Victorian art form with Huell, as well as her inspired painting of the Los Angeles basin housed inside the Tswuun Tswuun Rotunda."
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