Stroboscopic Toys

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Stroboscopic Toys

• COM 320, History of the Moving Image

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Peter Mark Rogets essay on persistence of vision
(1824, England)
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Thaumatrope (from the Greek wonder turning)
Dr. John Paris (1825) spinning disk with
complementary drawings on the two sides (e.g.,
horse rider horse with rider bird cage
bird in cage)
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Thaumatrope in action found at (http//youtube.c
om/watch?vdol1xOW_Qzk)
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Phenakistoscope (from the Greek deceptive
viewer)-Joseph Plateau(1832, Belgium)also
determined 16fr./sec. to be optimal
-Coincidentally, same as Simon Ritter von
Stampfers Stroboscope (1832, Austria)
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Phenakistoscope (from the Greek deceptive
viewer)-Joseph Plateau(1832, Belgium)also
determined 16fr./sec. to be optimal
-Coincidentally, same as Simon Ritter von
Stampfers Stroboscope (1832, Austria)
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Zoetrope (from the Greek wheel of
life)-William George Horner(1834, England)a
revolving drum with hand-drawn stills viewed
through slits
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Magic Lantern-Appeared in early forms as early
as late 1600s-Popular in mid-1800s, with
moving pictures via dissolving views
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Magic Lantern Animations
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Praxinoscope-Emile Reynaud (1877, France)like a
zoetrope, but with mirrors Reynaud later
developed a projecting version, and operated his
own Theatre Optique from 1892 to 1900
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Praxinoscope-Emile Reynaud (1877, France)like a
zoetrope, but with mirrors Reynaud later
developed a projecting version, and operated his
own Theatre Optique from 1892 to 1900
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Praxinoscope Animations
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Zoopraxiscope-Eadweard Muybridge (1879, U.S.)an
apparent combo. of the phenakistoscope and the
projected Magic Lantern was not the first such
combo., but became prominent with Muybridges
speaking tours.
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-Zoopraxiscope disc -Zoopraxiscope Animation
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