Atlanta Cyclorama building

The Atlanta Cyclorama is a cylindrical panoramic painting of the American Civil War Battle of Atlanta. The cyclorama is housed in a museum, also called the "Atlanta Cyclorama", in Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Visitors view the cylindrical painting from the inside, entering through an entrance in the floor, after being seated the central cylinder rotates slowly affording a view of the entire painting. If unrolled, the painting would measure 42 feet high by 358 feet long and is the largest oil painting in the world. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1857x1194, 444 KB) Georgia Aquarium Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Date: 18 Nov 2005 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Atlanta Cyclorama Metadata This file contains additional information... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1857x1194, 444 KB) Georgia Aquarium Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Date: 18 Nov 2005 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Atlanta Cyclorama Metadata This file contains additional information... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders William T. Sherman James B. McPherson† John B. Hood Strength Military Division of the Mississippi Army of Tennessee Casualties 3,641 8,499 The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta campaign fought during the American Civil War... A cyclorama is a cylindrical painting designed to provide a viewer, standing in the middle of the cylinder, with a 360° view of the painting. ... Grant Park Grant Park is the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Punk, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area    - City 343. ...

The painting depicts fierce fighting during the American Civil War as Confederate defenders of Atlanta unsuccessfully counterattacked the invading United States army on July 22, 1864. The painting was commissioned after the end of the war as part of the political campaign of Vice Presidential candidate John A. Logan, who had commanded a large part of the Union forces in the battle. Thus, parts of the painting emphasize the heroism of Logan and other Union commanders. The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... John Alexander Logan (February 8, 1826 – December 26, 1886), American soldier and political leader, was born in what is now Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois. ...

It was created in Milwaukee by a team led by Germans F.W. Heine and August Lohr. They also consulted Civil War artist and witness Theodore Davis, whom they painted into the work. It opened to display in Detroit in 1887. This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... An American lawyer, Theodore M. Davis (New York City, 1837 – Florida, 1915) was most famous for his work excavating Egypts Valley of the Kings between 1889 and 1912. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor...

The painting was sold and ended up in the hands of a traveling circus. When this circus came to Atlanta in the late 1800s, few Atlantans wished to see a Northern-biased painting that glorified the defeat that would lead to the destruction of their city. So, with little attendance, the circus went bankrupt, selling its assets including the painting and the animals. The animals became the founding attraction at Zoo Atlanta and the painting was housed in a wooden structure next to the zoo. The Big Top of Billy Smarts Circus Cambridge 2004. ... Zoo Atlanta is an Association of Zoos and Aquariums-accredited wildlife park and major attraction in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The 40 acre (16 hectare) zoo, founded in 1889, is located in Atlantas Grant Park and attracts around one million visitors a year. ...

Today, the cyclorama still resides next to the zoo, but now in a state-of-the art facility designed to protect and conserve the delicate painting. The museum displays pictures and artifacts from the Civil War, including the Texas, a steam locomotive that pursued the captured train the General in the Great Locomotive Chase during the war. This raid was depicted in the 1927 Buster Keaton film The General and the 1956 Disney film The Great Locomotive Chase. The Texas is a type 4-4-0 steam locomotive that played an important role in the Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War. ... Scheme of steam locomotive. ... Built in 1855 in Paterson, New Jersey, the General provided frieght and passenger service between Atlanta, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee before the Civil War. ... The Great Locomotive Chase or Andrews Raid was a military raid that occurred April 12, 1862, in northern Georgia during the American Civil War. ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... The General is a 1927 silent comedy about a bumbling Confederate engineer (train driver) who pursues Union spies who steal his beloved locomotive, The General, which incidentally also carries his estranged girlfriend as well. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... The Great Locomotive Chase is a 1956 Disney film based on the real Great Locomotive Chase that occurred during the American Civil War. ...

A movie theater inside the museum shows a short film about the Atlanta Campaign, narrated by James Earl Jones, to visitors before they view the painting. The cyclorama painting itself is augmented by a three-dimensional diorama in front of the painting and a narration of the events of the battle and the history of the painting. A popular story concerning the diorama involves actor Clark Gable. During the celebrations surrounding the opening of the film Gone with the Wind, the film's actors visited the Atlanta Cyclorama. Gable allegedly claimed that the only way the painting could be any more magnificent was if he was in it, prompting the management to add Gable's features to one of the sculptures in the diorama, that of a dying soldier. Palisades and chevaux-de-frise in front of the Potter House, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864. ... James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla Township, Mississippi in Tate County) is among Americas best known film and stage actors. ... A diorama is a partially three dimensional model of a landscape typically showing historical events, nature scenes, cityscapes, etc. ... William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era. ... Gone with the Wind, arguably one of the most popular films of all time, and the most enduring symbol of the golden age of Hollywood, is a 1939 film adapted from Margaret Mitchells 1936 novel of the same name. ...

The Cyclorama was narrated at one time by volunteers, some of whom were veterans or widows of veterans of the Civil War. In 1960, Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield accepted the donation of a recorded narration written by Junius Andrew Park, Jr., in honor of his father, Junius Andrew Park, Sr., who was born and raised in Atlanta. Research was done by Lurline Richardson Park, the writer's wife. The narration was musically scored by Atlanta musician Sam T. Wilhoit and the narration was read by Hollywood actor Victor Jory, who appeared in the original motion picture, Gone With The Wind. All parties donated their time and labor. In later years, a revised narration was produced and narrated by actor Shepherd Strudwell. William Berry Hartsfield Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ...

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