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the lie your eyes forgive because the whole story finally fits in frame
means A wide, unbroken view of an entire surrounding area or scene, or by extension a comprehensive survey of a subject.
from Coined around 1789 by the painter Robert Barker for his huge 360-degree cityscapes, stitched together from the Greek 'pan' (all) and 'horama' (a view, a sight) — literally 'a seeing of everything.' Barker's invention was a building: you climbed to a central platform and the painted world wrapped completely around you, no edges in sight.
- origin
- coined in 1792 for a giant 360-degree painting rotunda
- crowd magnet
- Victorian panoramas drew paying mobs before cinema existed
- phone trick
- swiping slowly stitches dozens of separate shots together
- glitch art
- moving subjects mid-pan become stretched, melted nightmares
- word root
- Greek for all-sight, seeing everything at once
for instance
the panorama messukeskus — helsinki's exhibition center hosting rotating panoramic art installations since 1998
aswan panorama hotel — egyptian resort on the nile with panoramic views of aswan, established 1987