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Grand view
Answer for the clue "Grand view ", 8 letters:
panorama
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Word definitions for panorama in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Panoramic paintings during the Romantic Era captured all 360 degrees of a scene. Typically shown in rotundas for viewing, panoramas were meant to be so lifelike they confused the spectator between what was real and what was image.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1796, "a painting on a revolving cylindrical surface," coined c.1789 by inventor, Irish artist Robert Barker, literally "a complete view," from pan- "all" + Greek horama "sight, spectacle, that which is seen," from horan "to look, see," possibly from PIE ...
Usage examples of panorama.
He does not give any panorama of the city, or any artistic or imaginative description.
Petersburg, towering, monumental and inhuman, which the hero discovers when he tears himself away from the moist grip of the canals and, leaning on the parapet of a bridge, contemplates the broad panorama of the Neva stretching before his eyes.
When he went to university, usually - mostly on his way home - he happened, perhaps about a hundred times, to stop just at this very place, to gaze attentively at this truly splendid panorama and each time to be almost surprised at the vague and puzzling impression it made on him.
He was a native of Los Angeles whose last known address was in Panorama City.
Bosch and Rider would go to the Panorama City address to check it out but Bosch knew that Mackey would be gone.
Bosch drove toward Panorama City, which was just on the east side of the 405 and across the Devonshire Division line.
Still, Panorama City sounded clean and beautiful and crime free, and the residents felt better about themselves.
But many years had passed and resident groups had petitioned to rename their neighborhoods again and to distance themselves, if not physically then image-wise, from negative connotations associated with Panorama City.
She had managed to get her free days, but only after a good deal of arguing, and now, with another one due the next day, Hebert had come home for a day or so and, very much to her surprise, asked her if she would like to go to Panorama Mesdag, a vast painting on a circular canvas of Scheveningen.
He started an easy conversation which allowed Suzannah very little chance to talk, and from time to time he and Monique exchanged a low-voiced talk in Dutch so that by the time they reached Panorama Mesdag Suzannah was beginning to get the impression that she was de trop.
To his right is a vertiginous panorama, the huge rift valley with its ancient city of the dead outstretched before him.
The china homes and farms was spread out in a colorful panorama below.
The Land of Oz stretched out beneath them in a panorama of colors and shapes.
Climbing onto the saddle, she cast one last look at the panorama below.
Nestled high on the edge of the hill, a spectacular panorama spread out before them.