A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape
> Viewed through a small opening, a diorama shows a three-dimensional scene with modeled figures, a painted background Sometimes lighting is used to produce the desired effects
By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced
A small scene made up with several models and often to reproduce a historical moment Mostly used by military modellers but occassionally used by other modellers as well
A nineteenth-century entertainment in which the spectators sat in a circular room and viewed long transparent paintings that seemed to move as the lighting changed
An instructional strategya technique generally used to design or illustrate the set for a dance or theatrical presentation, or a scene from daily life Traditionally a box with a small opening for viewing, a diorama can take many forms as appropriate for a given purpose (e g , an open space to illustrate a dance stage set outdoors)
A three-dimensional representation of a scene, either full-sized or miniature It may have a background painted to merge with elements nearest it by means of aerial and linear perspective