a diorama

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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
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a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
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Small, three-dimensional representation of a scene
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> 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
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A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening
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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
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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
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A three-dimensional scene using images, pictures, and objects setup in front of a painted background
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is a scenic representation in which sculpted figures and lifelike details are displayed
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{i} grouping of figures against a painted background; arrangement of pictures that create a 3D effect
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A building used for such an exhibition
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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
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[art] A painting shown in such a way that an optical illusion gives an appearance of reality
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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)
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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
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