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English: Eadweard Muybridge's Phenakistoscope: A Couple Waltzing

Other languages:

Català: Una parella ballant: Animació creada amb fenaquistoscopi pel fotògraf Eadweard Muybridge.

Čeština: Fenakistoskop Eadwearda Muybridge: Tančící pár

Dansk: Den engelske fotograf Eadweard Muybridges phenakistoskop, visende et par, som danser vals.

Deutsch: Walzer tanzendes Paar, Phenakistiskop von Eadweard Muybridge, 1893

English: Eadweard Muybridge's Phenakistoscope: A Couple Waltzing

Español: Fenaquistiscopio del fotógrafo Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904). Una pareja bailando un vals

Italiano: Fenachistoscopio di Eadweard Muybridge: una coppia che balla il walzer

Magyar: Eadweard Muybridge fenakisztoszkópja: Valcerező pár

Nederlands: Phenakistiscoop van de Britse fotograaf Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) waarop een walsend koppel te zien is.

Polski: Walcująca para, fenakistoskop autorstwa Eadwearda Muybridge'a.

Português: Casal dançando - animação produzida em 1893 por Eadweard Muybridge.

Svenska: "Ett valsande par", rörliga bilder från ett fantaskop.

Македонски: Фенакистоскоп: Двојка како игра валцер, изум на Едвард Мајбриџ

Русский: Вальсирующая пара в фенакистископе Эдварда Мейбриджа (1893)

বাংলা : এডওয়ার্ড মুইব্রিজের ফেনাকিসটোস্কোপ: নৃত্যরত যুগল

한국어: 에드워드 마이브리지의 페나키스토스코프, 왈츠를 추는 연인

中文：埃德沃德·迈布里奇设计的费纳奇镜：一对跳华尔兹的夫妇

中文（繁體）：埃德沃德·邁布里奇設計的費納奇鏡：一對跳華爾茲的夫婦

Summary

Eadweard Muybridge's Phenakistoscope: A Couple Waltzing

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CREATOR Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904, artist.
TITLE The zoopraxiscope* - a couple waltzing (No. 35., title from item.)
SUMMARY Images on a disc which when spun gives the illusion of a couple dancing.
MEDIUM 1 print : lithograph, color.
CREATED/PUBLISHED c1893 (14699Y U.S. Copyright Office). Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge (expired).
SUBJECTS Dance--1890-1900; Locomotion--1890-1900; Optical illusions--1890-1900.
FORMAT Optical toys 1890-1900; Lithographs Color 1890-1900.

Exhibited at "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between American Art and Early Film" at the Williams College of Art, MA, and other venues, 2005-2007.

Call number: LOT 10440 [item] [P&P], Reproduction number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-05949 (digital file from original print), LC-USZC4-7690 (color film copy transparency); Digital ID: ppmsca 05949 (digital file from original), cph 3g07690 (digital file from color film copy transparency); Card #: 00650865. No known restrictions on publication.

Note: The images show a phenakistoscope, not a zoopraxiscope.

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Deutsch: Phenakistiskop: Walzer tanzendes Paar

Urheber: Eadweard Muybridge, 1830-1904
Titel: Das Zoopraxiskop* - ein Walzer tanzendes Paar
Farblithographie, geschaffen/veröffentlicht 1893, Copyright Eadweard Muybridge (abgelaufen).
* Anmerkung: Die Bilder zeigen kein Zoopraxiskop, sondern einen Vorläufer, das Phenakistiskop.

Beschreibung: 13 Einzelbilder sind auf einer Scheibe angeordnet (linkes Bild). Zwischen den Bildern sind radial kleine Sehschlitze angeordnet. Wird die Scheibe vor einem Spiegel senkrecht gehalten und gedreht und blickt man von hinten durch die Sehschlitze auf das Spiegelbild der Scheibe, so wird die Illusion einer Bewegung des tanzenden Paares erzeugt. (Das dritte Bild simuliert den Blick durch den Sehschlitz.) Für die Animation wurden die Einzelbilder entsprechend gedreht. Jedes Bild ist 15/100 Sekunden sichtbar, ein Umlauf dauert 1,95 Sekunden.

Français : Couple dansant la valse. Simulation de l'effet recherché par l'auteur original (Eadweard Muybridge) à partir des gravures d'un Phénakistiscope.

Modifications for Wikipedia

Taken from full-size tiff file
Cropped, centered, skewed, color corrected
Original cut from background and disc rotated 45 degrees,
13 copies rotated at multiples of 27.69 degrees
Animated gif versions: removal method return to background, frame delay 15/100 seconds, total runtime 1.95 seconds
Mirror simulation version: two black frames set to overlay and merged onto image layer, flipped horizontally
Original disc version: converted to jpg, 8/10, progressive 5 scans
Recommended accompaniment: Johannes Brahms's 16 Waltzes, Op.39, #1

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