Estanbul 2010

You Are Invited To The Conquest Of Istanbul… This is the place, where you will witness, how Mehmed II. Was titled “the Conqueror”.

There are  30 panoramic museums throughout the world. These are made to commemorate important historical events.

A picture without boundaries, 360 grades of landscape, located in an area of 3000 sqm. The basic feature of this picture is its 3D impression. T%o ensure this 3D effect, the watcher is allowed to look the picture at a minimum distance of 14 m.

Photo by Niyazi Uğur Genca

650 sqm of the picture is virtually 3D, displaying imitations of cannons, gun carriages, powder kegs. The 2350 sqm part adjoins this. A detailed work of art with man figures starting at virtual size, and shrinking in size, as they distance off to the horizon 10.000 figures are drawn in this artwork.

Among them, The Panorama of Napoleon’s War in Waterloo, Napoleon’s War in Moscow, the Plevne War Panorama and the Mesdag Panorama are to mention.

Most of them are done in the 19th century by the oil painting technique. Some of these museums are in vertical, others in horizontal half panoramic order.

What differs the Istanbul Panoramic Museum from others in the world, is its full panorama in vertical, as well, in horizontal order. This means the sky dome is also painted above. The picture is without boundaries.

Photo by Niyazi Uğur Genca

If you see a picture with boundaries, you can easily notice how far away it stands from you. But here, the visitor will not be able to grasp the real dimensions of the artwork.

As visitors enter the platform, they have a period of amazements for 10 seconds; because they feel, as if they have come out to a new, open-air landscape.

For more information : Panoramik Museum