diorama
One of the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History in the cityCity of New York CityNew York
Meaning
Noun
- 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.
Origin
- Borrowed from French diorama, from Ancient Greek διά- ("through, across, by, over") + ὅραμα. The French term was coined by Louis Daguerre (1822).
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