Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-423) and index.
Contents:
Preface : the formation of a panoramaniac -- Introduction : moving panorama--a missing medium -- The incubation era : antecedents and anticipations -- Large as life, and moving : the peristrephic panorama -- Rolling across the stage : the moving panorama and the theatre -- Transformed by the light : the diorama and the "dioramas" -- Panoramania : the mid-century moving panorama craze -- Panoramania in practice : Albert Smith and his moving panoramas -- An excavation : the moving panorama performance -- Intermedial tug of war : panoramas and magic lanterns -- Sensory bombardment : a medium's final fanfares -- Imagination in motion : the discursive panorama -- Conclusion : from panoramas to media culture.
Subject Terms:
Panoramas. | Panoramas -- Psychological aspects. | Mass media and culture. | Popular culture.