History of Panorama

Robert Barker, an Irishman who introduced Panorama etchings and paintings. His goal was to produce "the perfect Illusion of a real scene." The word Panorama comes from a Greek word "pan" (everything) and "horama" (to see, which is seen, the appearance, the view) which means the all around view. 

Robert Barker's panorama painting showed attractive Landscaped, Famous battles, or important cities. This new art form became really popular and inpsired other painters to followed not just only in England but also in Holland, Denmark, USA, France, Switzerland and Germany. For example, Johanna Adam Breysig painted the first known German Panorama in 1800 for a exhibition in Berlin.    

Panorama Painting of London 1792, from the top of the Albion Mills 

Panoramic Paintings of Edinburgh 1792

These painting by Robert Bakers were displayed on a cylindrical surface and it was viewed from the inside, in London in 1792 as "The Panorama" exhibition.

These circular painting were 15 meter high and often 100meters long to give the illusion that the viewer was the fundamental part of the scene. The  panorama exhibition began in 1830 and replaced 3D objects 


This is when Panorama Began

Book:
Mastering Digital Panorama Photography

Websites
http://www.janeausten.co.uk/the-barker-family-panorama-painters/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barker_(painter)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Aston_Barker
http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/sgrais/panorama.htm