WATCH IT SPIN!
Another fun find from Hollister Hovey's blog. Sorry Hollister, you just keep posting great stuff! This phenakistoscope gif animation was found at Morbid Anatomy.
What is a phenakistoscope? It was an early animation device, the predecessor of the zoetrope, invented in 1832 by by Joseph Plateau of Belgium. Plateau devoted his life to the study of optics, the science of light and vision.
Images on a disc when spun gives the illusion of couples dancing. I love this!!
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Aren't they brilliant... I've seen them in a few museums, here in the U.K.... they were obviously the real thing but I have seen the reproductions....really good fun. XXXX
Cute stuff....xv
Very very very cool coolest one of all~
XOX's
Marvelous fun.
How fun is this? And the art is nostalgically amusing!
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