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In the 1880s, The Battle of Atlanta cyclorama painting was an immersive experience—the equivalent of virtual reality today. The painting is a full-color, three-dimensional illusion designed to transport the viewer onto the battlefield.
The painting depicts the Battle of Atlanta, a decisive Union victory in 1864. And the story of the Cyclorama’s journey is no carnival tale but more a Homeric odyssey for a canvas that got...
The Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum was a Civil War museum located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its most noted attraction was the Atlanta Cyclorama, a cylindrical panoramic painting of the Battle of Atlanta.
Created at the American Panorama Company in Milwaukee by 17 German and Austrian artists in 1886, 22 years after the Battle of Atlanta, the painting originally depicted the battle from a Northern perspective—as a heroic Union victory—to appeal to Northern audiences.
The painting, “The Battle of Atlanta,” is one of only two cycloramas in the United States, the other being the Battle of Gettysburg cyclorama, making Atlanta home to one of America’s largest historic treasures.
Mar 11, 2003 · “Cyclorama” is the name given to the huge, late-nineteenth-century painting depicting the Civil War battle fought July 22, 1864, east of Atlanta. Housed at the Atlanta History Center and owned by the city, the Cyclorama is a national tourist attraction and cultural treasure.
The History Center restored The Battle of Atlanta painting to its original hourglass shape, size, and overall height, to recreate the painting’s original visual perspective that has been lost for nearly one-hundred years.
