1856 in animation
Events in 1856 in animation.
Events
[edit]- Specific date unknown: Publication of Majama’ al-Bahrayn (1856) by al-Yaziji. It is a modern example of the maqama genre of picaresque short stories.[1][2][3] The illustrations of the genre tend to share formal qualities with the art of shadow play.[4] Shadow plays are considered a precursor to silhouette animation.[5]
Deaths
[edit]December
[edit]- December 24: John Ayrton Paris, British physician, (one of the claimed co-inventors of the animation device thaumatrope), dies at age 71.[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Meisami, J.S.; Starkey, Paul (1998). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, vol. 1. Routledge. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0415185718.
- ^ Qian, A. (2012). The Maqāmah as Prosimetrum: A Comparative Investigation of its Origin, Form and Function [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Pennsylvania.
- ^ Omri, Mohamed-Salah (2008). "Local Narrative Form and Construction of the Arabic Novel". Novel: A Forum on Fiction. 41 (2/3): 244–263. doi:10.1215/ddnov.041020244. JSTOR 40267737 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Roxburgh, David J. (2014-01-31). "In Pursuit of Shadows: Al-Hariri's Maqāmāt". Muqarnas Online. 30 (1): 171–212. doi:10.1163/22118993-0301P0009. ISSN 0732-2992.
- ^ Jouvanceau, Pierre (2004). The Silhouette Film. Pagine di Chiavari. trans. Kitson. Genoa: Le Mani. ISBN 88-8012-299-1.
- ^ Herbert, Stephen. "Wheel of Life - The Thaumatrope".
- ^ Paris, John Ayrton (1827). Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest. Vol. 3. pp. 22–25.
- ^ paris, john ayrton (1833). Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest – A new edition. Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper. pp. 352–354.
philosophy in sport.