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Movie Posters USA - Your Source For Movie Posters And Memorabilia
New (Mint) condition. This book has never been used, read or displayed and is in brand new condition.
Size:
Approx: 8" x 10"
Language:
German
Detailed Info:
In
earlier days people were highly fascinated by animated pictures. But even today
animated pictures are a great amazement for the viewers. The early forerunners
of movies constructed in the 19th century are the most beautiful items among
optical toys. They have, indeed, a high value in terms of decoration and
quality.
The thaumatrope is fitted with complementary images on either side of a disc and
these images merge into a wonderful picture when rotated, the phenacistiscope
features the stroboscopic effect which is so important for just any film. These
instruments showed and paved the way toward the introduction of movies decades
later.
The zoetrope and the praxinoscope really perfected the art of moving pictures so
that even 70 years later a man named Walt Disney was highly impressed by such
animated pictures.
It was the invention of the film which eventually put an end to all optical
toys. People virtually crowded the early movie theatres only to be fascinated by
the "true" moving pictures.
The present book gives due credit to all the toy forerunners of motion pictures.
Every toy collector will, for sure, be enthusiastic about this book as will be
any cine-fan.
Additional keywords applicable to this item:
peepshows, camera obscura, Martin
Engelbrecht, porcelain figurines of the peepshow man, oil painting, dioramas,
engravings, vue d’optique
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