这本雄心勃勃的书从多个方面介绍了绘制的环形全景图的遗留问题及其对艺术、摄影、电影和建筑的深远影响。从18世纪开始，全景图迅速成为一种全球性的大众文化现象，往往与帝国主义的世界观联系在一起。然而，它也改变了观看的模式，并对电影制作技术、博物馆展示和当代装置艺术产生了持久而明显的影响。《观景平台》对一些作品的进行了详细的解读，从文艺复兴时期的前全景城市景观和19世纪的绘画和摄影作品，到实验性电影和大量当代艺术作品。本书研究广泛，插图精美，为理解艺术史、电影史和观看史提供了一个广阔的新框架。

A wide-

ranging study of the painted panorama’s influence on art, photography, and film

This ambitious volume presents a multifaceted account of the legacy of the circular painted panorama and its far-

reaching influence on art, photography, film, and architecture. From its 18th-century origins, the panorama quickly became a global mass-cultural phenomenon, often linked to an imperial worldview. Yet it also transformed modes of viewing and exerted a lasting, visible impact on filmmaking techniques, museum displays, and contemporary installation art. On the Viewing Platform offers close readings of works ranging from proto-panoramic Renaissance cityscapes and 19th-century paintings and photographs to experimental films and a wide array of contemporary art. Extensively researched and spectacularly illustrated, this volume proposes an expansive new framework for understanding the histories of art, film, and spectatorship.