diorama
diorama
Definition
dio·rama (dī′ə ram′ə, -räm′-)
noun
- a picture painted on a set of transparent cloth curtains and looked at through a small opening
- a miniature scene, wholly or partially three-dimensional, depicting figures in a naturalistic setting
- a museum display of a preserved or reconstructed specimen, as of wildlife in a simulation of its habitat
Etymology: di(a)- + (pan)orama
di′·o·ram′·ic adjective
diorama
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- make: Thank you to all of the cadets who helped to make the dioramas.
- show: Click Here The miniatures, models, figures and dioramas shown in our galleries are not for sale.
- display: Stanfield, whose distinguished talents stand unrivaled ' , as the painter of the diorama displayed at the Bristol venture in September 1825.
- build: Build a diorama, which displays at least one scale aircraft model in a realistic setting.
- feature: Please note that non of the models, figures or dioramas featured in this gallery are for sale or can be ordered.
- base: A diorama based on the charge of the Rohirrim at Helm's Deep.
Adjective modifier
- 25mm: Three level version 25mm scale diorama using Harlequin Dr. Who Miniatures.
- mini: UFO mini diorama, UFO is scratch built, Shado Mobile is a small injection plastic kit from the Imai SKY 1 kit.
- humorous: Humorous dioramas are a great Day of the Dead tradition that may be included in alters for the Day of the Dead holiday.
- small: A small diorama using some modified models from the plastic Warriors of Rohan sprue.
- natural: He was a pioneer in the use of the natural history diorama to exhibit large mammals against a representation of their habitat.
- little: A water line model also is perfect when making a little sea diorama.
Modifies a noun
- base: Now you have a point much like a tack that you can insert into the diorama base.
Noun used with modifier
- scale: Galileo Shuttle craft landed on planet surface, based on the Classic Star Trek series episode The Galileo 7. 1/35th scale diorama.
- aquatic: The upper deck five sailing vessels barrier reef aquatic dioramas.
- reef: The upper deck five sailing vessels barrier reef aquatic dioramas.
- barrier: The upper deck five sailing vessels barrier reef aquatic dioramas.
- museum: I am re-working classic museum habitat dioramas in the context of current human and physical geographical thinking.
- invader: Various 25mm figures & white metal VW have been added Invaders diorama.
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