Espace art actuel #109 – Diorama

With issue 109, Espace, the new generation, completes its first lap around the track. While the first two issues focused on “Re-Thinking Sculpture?,” this third issue features the diorama, as put forward in contemporary art. Although the diorama initially had a purely dramatic purpose, since it created an optical illusion, over the years, it became a three-dimensional object, gaining a new vocation towards the end of the 19th century, particularly in natural history museums. Thus, from its origins of pure entertainment, the diorama could henceforth also assume an educational purpose.