Description of the attraction
The Bourbaki Panorama is an enormous painting from 1881 that illustrates an impressive event in history: it shows General Bourbaki's French Eastern Army on its way to Switzerland during the German-French War of 1870-71. The panorama painting is made so skillfully that it gives the impression of a three-dimensional image.
Bourbaki Panorama is an exceptional example of 19th century panoramic art. She takes her viewers into the world of war and army life, however, her goal is not to glorify military heroism and victorious battles. It demonstrates the negative sides, the tragedy of human destinies, military disasters and, above all, helping the sick and neighbors. This is the only panorama of that time that carries such a non-standard meaning.
This panorama is an example of the entertainment culture of the 19th century, the era before the invention of cinema. People of the 18th and 19th century were passionate about optical illusions. Panoramas are ranked among the most popular attractions of the time. Their goal is to make you think about a particular situation or event. Hundreds of large circular paintings were drawn and sent to different countries to inspire as many visitors and visitors as possible. Panoramas can also be called the first mass media. Only about 15 panoramas made in the 19th century have survived to this day. Bourbaki Panorama is one of them.
