The Panorama 360 of Scheveningen: Mesdag’s Cylindrical Painting,at the Hague,Holland

I went to see the The Panorama 360 of Scheveningen: Mesdag’s Cylindrical Painting,at the Hague in Holland on my big OE it was extreme & yet strange viewing it, you climbed up this tunnel like steps and stood in what appeared like a turret box and the whole painted scene which is done in water colour was moving around you,in 3D efect it was just vodially unreal..ot fist effected your whole balance.. until your brain & eyes adjusted to how it was being done..enjoy the images & video of it below, but they really dont do it justice..

Panorama Mesdag in The Hague is the largest circular canvas in Europe. Look 360º around you and experience the magical optical illusion created by this panorama of Scheveningen from 1881 in Museum Panorama Mesdag. The view is never the same; the incidence of light is more than magnificent and changes from moment to moment. The vista of the sea, dunes and old fishermen's village Scheveningen was painted by H.W. Mesdag. Panorama Mesdag is a unique cultural historical monument. 

Cultural-historical monument
The building that incorporates this panorama was constructed specially for the painting. In the centre of the building, an artificial dune has been created on a roundabout. From a viewpoint above the dune, visitors will see the same panorama as if they were standing on the Seinpost dune levelled off in 1881, as the canvas hung around it shows an impressively painted beach and seaside scene.

Illusion
The canvas has a surface area of around 1680 m2 and was painted by the painter H.W. Mesdag in four months, supported by several fellow artists, including Breitner, Mesdag-van Houten, De Bock and Blommers. The roundabout has a diameter of 36 metres. The hidden skylights in the tent roof illuminate the space to give an illusion of a natural environment. The transition from the artificial dune to the painting is achieved with phenomenal artistic skill and strongly suggests to visitors that they are outside.

Only remaining panorama in The Netherlands
The entire work, which comprises the structure and panorama, was completed between 1880 and 1881. As an example of the typical 19th century "instruction and entertainment" idea, Panorama Mesdag is unique in being the last vestige of the maritime panorama in the Netherlands. The painting is important as a product of the Hague School, not only because of its size, brushstrokes and theme employed, but also as a result of the collaborating artists of the Hague School. From a cultural-historical perspective, Panorama Mesdag grandly and gloriously sets forth the tradition of the trompe l'oeil effect in a manner unsurpassed.