Myriorama (cards)

As Myriorama (Greek, " ten thousand Show" ) refers to a variant of the panorama.

The Myriorama was invented in 1802 by the physicist, physician and educator Jean -Pierre Bres in Paris and improved by Clark in London. It "consists of a full- painted on a long strip in the most colorful landscape, which is cut into many parts so that the average lines everywhere fit together and the individual landscape pieces can be put together again many times, so many landscape images. " Individual sets consisted of, 16, 24 or more playing cards. " 24 cards allowed 620,448,401,733,239,439,360,000 possible permutations. "

Myrioramen were as " instructive placement games " popular in the Biedermeier period, particularly in England. They served not only of entertainment but were also as a guide for drawing landscapes and generally as a training intended for perception of landscape. In these Myrioramen the individual landscape elements of reality were removed and identified.

The demanding nature of this Myrioramen was published in England under the name " Hellenicorama ". The then ruling Greece enthusiasm of educational trips suggested place mostly in disappointment for: " Perhaps the biggest disappointment [ ... ] was for most travelers is that they failed to feel the historical significance of them visited landscapes and sites. Using a Hellenicorama could before departure train his perception of the historical landscapes.

However, the publisher of Myrioramen soon discovered that in addition to these complex and expensive educational toys that meant for simpler issues as children's toys was a larger market.

Since the nineties of the last century are increasingly contemporary graphic artist with the Myriorama as a work of art apart. For example, in 2006 publishing was one designed by Hamburg artist Detlef John, Myriorama Edition in Veduto published.

Other panoramas are diorama, Georama, Neorama, Kosmorama, Pleorama and Cyklorama.