Editing Franz Roubaud (section)

=== Sevastopol Panorama===
The ''Sevastopol Panorama'' is a giant painting depicting the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)|siege of Sevastopol]] of 1854–55. The painting was exhibited in a [[Rotunda (architecture)|rotunda]], a special building constructed in a circular shape. The size of the painting is enormous, but it was a necessity for the realistic depiction of military scenes because of the huge number of participants and the wide sweep of the scenery. Roubaud worked on this painting for almost three years, starting in 1901. He researched the historical events by traveling to Sevastopol, reading about the battle itself as well as by reading historical documents that described the different scenes and incidents during the war. He also talked to surviving participants. Roubaud made his first sketches in [[Saint Petersburg]]. He kept working on the painting later at the [[Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts]] where he decided to use a canvas 14&nbsp;m high by 115&nbsp;m long. When he finished the painting, it was displayed in Sevastopol in the summer of 1904, on the fiftieth anniversary of the defence of the city.<ref>[http://www.panoramapainting.com/ Sevastopol Panorama]</ref>

{{Panorama simple
|image      = Image:panorama1854-1855.jpg
|fullwidth  = 5000
|fullheight = 483
|caption    = Franz Roubaud Panorama «Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)» 
|height     = 300
}}