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Robert Barker (1739 – 8 April 1806) was a painter from Kells, County Meath, Ireland, known for his panoramic paintings and for his coinage of the word "panorama". [ 1 ] Biography
The concept of the panoramic painting was conceived by Robert Barker in 1787 [1] while he was walking on a hill overlooking Edinburgh, Scotland. He obtained a patent for it in the same year. [1] Barker's vision for the panorama was to capture the magnificence of a scene from every angle, immersing the spectator completely.
The first panorama disappointed Barker, not because of its lack of success, but because it fell short of his vision. [1] The Edinburgh scene was not a full 360 degrees; it was semi-circular. [1] Annotated Video Tour of Robert Barker's Panorama of London in November 1790, taken from the roof of Albion Mills, Southwark
The word “panorama” is derived from the Greek words “to see” and “all.” Robert Barker, an Irish-born scene painter, coined the term with his first panorama of Edinburgh, displayed in a specially built rotunda in Leicester Square in 1791. This attraction was extremely popular amongst the middle and lower classes for the way it was ...
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The panorama was a 360-degree visual medium patented under the title Apparatus for Exhibiting Pictures by the artist Robert Barker in 1787. The earliest that the word "panorama" appeared in print was on June 11, 1791, in the British newspaper The Morning Chronicle, referring to this visual spectacle. [8]
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