A History of Pre-Cinema V3
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A History of Pre-Cinema V3

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eBook - ePub

A History of Pre-Cinema V3

About this book

First published in 2004. This set of 3 volumes collects together for the first time rare and scattered material on the history of pre-cinema. It includes articles on stereoscopic photography; the use of kaleidoscopes; optical illusions; theatre design; magic lanterns and mirrors; shadow theatre, and much more. The articles are taken from sources such as The Magazine of Science, The Art Journal, The British Journal of Photography, Scientific American, American Journal of Science and Arts, and The Mirror. Volume 3 includes the area of Movement in Two Dimensions- a study of the animated and projected pictures which preceded the invention of cinematography.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781032515526
eBook ISBN
9781000558074
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Index

A

  • Abbey, J. R., collection of 46
  • Acikgöz 64
  • Alberti 24, 122
  • Ambroise 69, 71
  • Anschütz, Ottomar 129
  • Astley, Philip 69, 71
  • Audinot, N. M. 70
  • Auriol, Georges 73

B

  • Bacon, Friar 14
  • Bakewell, Frederick 36
  • Balzac 32
  • Bamforth, Edwin 113, 114
  • Bamforth, J. 102–103, 105, 109, 113, 117
  • Barker, Henry Aston 35, 46
  • Barker, Robert 32–33, 35
  • Barnes Collection 13, 27, 46, 83, 85, 87, 94, 126, 128, 139
  • Barton, William 33
  • Beard’s Eclipse 95
  • Beaumont, Sir George 34
  • Blès, Numa 77
  • Bonnaud, Dominique 77
  • Bourgeois, Constant 34
  • Bouton, C. M. 36, 39, 46
  • Bradon, Miss 106
  • Braville 69
  • Brewster, Sir David 13–14, 20
  • Breysig 33
  • Broken Bridge, The, 69–70, 78
  • Brunner 77
  • Burford, Robert 35
  • Burton, Decimus 35

C

  • Camera obscura 23–24, 28, 29, 41
  • Caran d’Ache 74
  • Cellini, Benvenuto 15–18, 19, 57
  • Charidimos, C. 64
  • Charidimos, Y. 64
  • Chat Noir, Le 72–75
  • Chaucer 15
  • Chromatrope 88
  • Chromolithogr...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Movement in Two Dimensions
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Table of Contents
  10. Illustrations
  11. Mirrors and Magic
  12. Peepshows and Panoramas
  13. Far Eastern Shadows
  14. Karagoz
  15. The Chinese Shades
  16. Dissolving Views
  17. Living Models
  18. The Persistence of Vision Bibliography
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index