Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

A photo of the miniature in a mini diorama, of course. [OrionDeHunter] shows off a clever technique that has something in common with old-timey photo stages and painted backgrounds, and (mis ...

Representations of nature in dioramas have been influenced by traditions of landscape painting and movie backdrops, with their conventions of visual realism, compositional balance and the creation ...