Myriorama – Endless Landscape Cards Key Words and Concepts – portmanteau words, the Romantic movement, background, middle distance, foreground. The myriorama was a 19 th century game made up of a sequence of cards that could be rearranged into any order to still produce a continuous scene. The word "myriorama" reflects this, being a composite of "myriad" and "panorama." Words put together like this are sometimes called a portmanteau. The art used in them has its roots in the Romantic movement that was popular during the period, which gave landscapes a prestigious place as examples of wild and natural beauty. You can see an example of both a traditional and a modern day myriorama on my website. Go to http://archaeologicalillustration.weebly.com/victorian-parlour-games.html You will need • A large sheet of card (or several smaller sheets of card) • pen or pencil • colored pencils, Think of an idea... An ideal myriorama scene has several horizontal bands that continue from card to card. This is what allows the myriorama to line up correctly no matter what order you arrange the cards in. paint, pastels, crayons, whatever Often, this is a background, activity in the you can think of to colour in with. • 1 Ruler middle distance, activity in the foreground. You could a create traditional rural scene with sea, a river, or a continuous path full of interesting characters. You can also create more modern scenes such as cityscapes, or indoor scenes. 1.)Template If you want to do a traditional rural scene, you might want to use the template on the next page. If you create your own, however, it has the advantage that you can erase your guidelines later . To make your own you need to measure out rectangles of equal size on your sheet of card, and mark out the horizontal lines. You might want to label the lines on the back or side so you remember what they refer to. Another idea – you could also make giant cards out of entire sheets of card or canvasses! You will still have to measure out your lines carefully. 2.) Draw details on the cards. Make sure that details are the same at the edges. If you have a wall going off to the edge of one card, it should keep going into all the other cards. 2 At this point if you have made your own template, you can erase your guidelines. 3.) Color the Cards You need to make sure that the horizontal bands of colour are the same on all your cards. So, if you've got a sunset sky in one picture, it has to be the same colour sunset in the other cards. 4. Carefully cut out the cards and enjoy! If you would like, you can also stick magnets to the backs of your cards to make them into fun fridge magnets. This lets you have a different scene on your fridge any time you like! Ideas Bank Stuck for a theme for your cards? Here are some ideas you might want to use. Mad scientist's Seaside Street of houses laboratory School playground Dinosaurs Futuristic city Magic woodland Underwater Space station Fantasy castle Fairground Roman town 3 4
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