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155 Years Before the First Animated Gif, Joseph Plateau Set Images in Motion with the Phenakistoscope | Colossal

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The Colossal logo and name Colossal are the trademarks of Christopher Jobson. 155 Years Before the First Animated Gif, Joseph Plateau Set Images in Motion with the Phenakistoscope by Christopher Jobson. On October 17, 2013. Nearly 155 years before CompuServe debuted the first animated gif in 1987, Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau. Unveiled an invention called the Phenakistoscope. Courtesy the Richard Balzer Collection. Courtesy the Richard Balzer Collection. Lions eating people. Women morphing into w...

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the clever whatever: portrait

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The life, work, art, and local scene of a dallas nerd. Tuesday, March 15, 2011. I have no idea what to do in front of a camera for a portrait, and darren was great at making me feel at ease in a down to earth way. thanks, friend! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Book by its cover. The heart of papercuts. Fat of the land. Nothing in the house. Buckethead and bear shop. The richard balzer collection. The center for art conservation. The institute of cultural inquiry. At a recent opening.

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the clever whatever: happy new year

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The life, work, art, and local scene of a dallas nerd. Monday, January 3, 2011. Sometimes, when d comes to the studio with me to hang out, he draws me a picture. now i have a small collection hanging near my desk. today, i thought i'd post them here to start the new year off with a smile. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Book by its cover. The heart of papercuts. Fat of the land. Nothing in the house. Buckethead and bear shop. The richard balzer collection. The center for art conservation.

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the clever whatever: cows and donkey-donks...

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The life, work, art, and local scene of a dallas nerd. Wednesday, January 5, 2011. February 4, 2011 at 9:31 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Book by its cover. The heart of papercuts. Fat of the land. Nothing in the house. Buckethead and bear shop. The richard balzer collection. The center for art conservation. The institute of cultural inquiry.

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April 2011 ~ miedzykartkami

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Infolinks In Text Ads. View my complete profile. The Richard Balzer Collection. Whats New in Vermont Agriculture? Speck and Sprockets Day of Beauty. Color Inspiration Design Seeds. Sub Child Category 1. Sub Child Category 2. Sub Child Category 3. This is featured post 1 title. This is featured post 2 title. This is featured post 3 title. This is featured post 4 title. This is featured post 5 title. Replace these every slider sentences with your featured post descriptions.Go to Blogger edit html and f...

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Lantern Types | Magic Lantern Society

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Welcome to the innovation of cinema. The Magic Lantern in Japan. Lanterns came in a bewildering variety of sizes and shapes, but can be divided into two large classes, those for children, and those for adults. Though not shown, some lanterns were made with three lenses, and light sources, and were referred to as triunials. Such devices allowed for additional special effects or dissolves. These lanterns were, and are, extremely rare. Collections of lanterns can be viewed at the Richard Balzer Collection.

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American Magic-Lantern Theater - OUR FAVORITE SITES

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History of the Early Cinema. American Photographic Historical Society. Leading source of information on things photographic. A fabulous display of lanterns, slides, and related optical devices from one of America's premier collections. The Bill Douglas Center. Excellent introduction to pre-cinema and Magic Lanterns. Dr Toer's Amazing Magic Lantern Show. Video about a 19th century magic lantern show, for blacks, by blacks. Images are not actual ML slides. Section for hints and cautions. Our English profes...

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The Richard Balzer Collection: August 2013

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If gte mso 9] Normal.dotm 0 0 1 397 1. Thursday, August 15, 2013. In my last post I wrote about ghost projection and mentioned the great fascination at the turn of the 19. Century with a particular type of magic lantern entertainment that called up apparitions. In England, the shows were called Phantasmagoria and in France Fantasmagorie. I was incredibly lucky to recently find this fabulous small broadside (6” x 9”) c.1799 advertising Étienne. For more information on the history of the Fantasmagorie read.

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The Richard Balzer Collection: January 2013

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013. A year ago I made a post about Pepper’s Ghost. Century were of ghosts and demons. Calling forth such figures reached a new height in the late 1700s and early 1800s largely due to two showmen and their shows. The Fantasmagorie shows, popularized by Belgian showman Éttiene-Gaspard Robertson. A recent purchase of the book Aufschlüsse zur Magie aus geprüften Erfahrungen über verborgene philosophische Wissenschaften und verdeckte Geheimnisse der Natur. The print illustrates the tr...

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The Richard Balzer Collection: June 2012

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Who was Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926)? He was, a largely unremembered Philadelphia artist who worked in the last half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. He worked for a variety of publications including Frank Leslie's Weekly, Harper's. And the Daily Graphic. Which will undoubtedly add greatly to the awareness of Beale as an artist of American life and history. Some of Beale’s drawings seem overly sweet and others sadly capture a stereotyping common...