History & The Arts
Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view
...physically recreated in the panorama’s rotunda, to form the viewing platform, as is the case in the 1829 Colosseum Panorama of London from St Paul’s Cathedral. The structure of the model of the cathedral tower is evident in a contemporary engraving by Rudolph Ackermann. [Detail from Bird’s Eye View from the Staircase & the Upper Part of the Pavilion in the...