Aeronautikon! or, the journey of the balloon panorama
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12896145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erkki Huhtamo (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 295-306 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Early Popular Visual Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1746-0654 • E-ISSN: 1746-0662 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17460650903268760 |
| OpenAlex | W2068824914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
In the nineteenth century, numerous moving panoramas were displayed by touring showmen and theatres alike. An interesting sub‐genre of the theatrical moving panorama was the balloon panorama that was introduced in the 1820s in the context of the Christmas pantomime. By using a vertically moving roll panorama the audience was given the sensation of looking at scenery on the ground from above – an experience very few people could afford in real life. The most famous balloon panorama was the Aeronautikon! (1836) that was based on recent record‐breaking aerial flight by Charles Green and his company. This article analyses the aesthetics of the Aeronautikon by resorting to a variety of contemporary sources. It also compares the balloon panorama with contemporary accounts of balloon flights in an effort to understand its challenges to perception, and the strategies of the evolving media culture
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Balloon · Context (archaeology · Panorama · Perception · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Medicine · Psychology · Spatial and Cultural Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |