1700-1850 (Early Modernity)

Invented in 1824, the Thaumatrope, consisted in two different images drawn or placed in each side, it’s rotating mechanism allowed audience to capture a combined picture, known as persistence of vision. The most usual Thaumatrope project that we still see today is the “Bird and Cage“.

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Invented by Joseph Plateau, in 1831, the Phenakitoscope, was basically spinning disks reflected in mirrors that created illusion of movement, within the pictures, women danced, me bowed, and animals leapt in short, repeating animations. The Phenakistoscope was a parlour Victorian parlour toy, generally marketed for children, was widely considered to be one of the earliest forms of animation.

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Invented in 1834, the Zoetrope , is an animated vintage toy. Also, being a device that produced the illusion of motion from a rapid sequence of still pictures. “The zoetrope was a hollow drum that housed images on long interchangeable
strips that spin and made the images appear to move.“

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