noun (n)

• a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  cyclorama, panorama
  

  source: wordnet30
• A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced.(noun)

  source: webster1913