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Museum of Cinema-Tomàs Mallol Collection

The image starts moving

Display "The image starts moving". The first exhibit is an interactive phenakistoscope.

Display "The image starts moving". The first exhibit is an interactive phenakistoscope.

Images are animated

In the late 18th and early 19th century several scientists discovered that, due to flaws in how the human eye perceives reality, viewing static images at a high speed creates the illusion of motion. The images are just drawings brought to life through repetitive movement.

To demonstrate this, various devices were designed, such as the phenakistoscope, the zoetrope, the praxinoscope and more. They quickly become very popular and made it possible for the general public to see a moving picture (animation).

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13. The image moves

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OBJECTS

<p>Phenakistoscope. R.S. Sieberman Lithographer. Le periphanoscope (<em>c</em>. 1833-50). Museum of Cinema-Tom&agrave;s Mallol Collection.</p>

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Phenakistoscope
Phenakistoscope
<p>Praxinoscope projector. &Eacute;mile Reynaud, 1882.&nbsp;Museum of Cinema - Tom&agrave;s Mallol Collection.</p>

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Praxinoscope Projector
Praxinoscope Projector
<p>Beale&rsquo;s Choreutoscope, Baker, Great Britain, 1866-1880. Museum of Cinema-Tom&agrave;s Mallol Collection.</p>

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Choreutoscope
Choreutoscope
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