The Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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The IMAX Theatre of the Time
The American Panorama Company employed a team of about 17 artists from Germany. They used vanishing points and perspective to make the entire scene seem extremely real. The scenes they wanted to put you in the middle of were always famous stories. But the most popular subject was battles, particularly Civil War battles.
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