Descriptive Zoopraxography; or, the science of animal locomotion made popularMuybridge, Eadweard
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Descriptive Zoopraxography; or, the science of animal locomotion made popular
Muybridge, Eadweard
Animal locomotion
"Mr. Muybridge showed that many of our best artists have been in the habit
of depicting animals in positions which they never assume in
nature."--_Chambers' Edinburgh Journal._
"The large school-room (Clifton College) was crowded. The head master
presided. Loud applause and frequent laughter greeted the life-sized
photographs from nature, which by a rapid revolution of the ZOOPRAXISCOPE,
showed among other actions, the ambling of an elephant, the gallop of a
race-horse, the somersault of a gymnast and the flight of a
bird."--_Bristol Mercury._
[Illustration: 22. KANGAROO JUMPING.]
"The lecture theatre of the ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS was filled to
overflowing."--_Athenæum, London._
"The Royal Dublin Society's Theatre was filled to its utmost capacity
yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Muybridge resumed his course of Lectures. The
demonstration is simply marvellous."--_Daily Express, Dublin._
"The result of years of labor, and of large expenditure of money is at last
laid before the public in this magnificent work, and the result is one of
which Mr. Muybridge and the University of Pennsylvania may well be
proud."--_Evening Post_, New York.
[Illustration: 23. BUFFALO GALLOPING.]
"A Lecture of an exceptionally interesting character."--_Nottingham
Guardian._
"There was a crowded attendance. Throughout the lecture Mr. Muybridge
retained the close interest of his audience, and drew from them frequent
and warm applause."--_The Scotsman, Edinburgh._
"In all my long experience of London life I cannot recall a single instance
where such warm tributes of admiration have been so unsparingly given by
the greatest in the land, as in the case of Mr. Muybridge's
lectures."--OLIVE LOGAN in the _Morning Call, San Francisco_.
[Illustration: 24. ELK GALLOPING.]
"Mr. Muybridge illustrated his lecture with a series of most valuable
photographs, as well as that most fascinating of scientific toys--the
ZOOPRAXISCOPE."--_Magazine of Art, London._
"His labors attracted considerable attention in the world of science, while
among artists and art critics a pretty controversy set in on the subject of
the horse and his representation in art, which is likely to be revived and
extended to other fields.... With Mr. Muybridge, 'Instantaneous
Photography' has acquired a new significance, ..."--_Saturday Review,
London._
[Illustration: 25. MONKEYS CLIMBING A COCOA PALM.]
"No parallel in the history of photography."--_Photographic Times, New
York._
"An exhibition which Raphael, Tintoretto, Michael Angelo, and other great
masters of the Renaissance would have travelled all over Europe to
see."--_Evening Transcript, Boston._
"The audience was astonished and delighted at the marvellous demonstrations
of Animal Locomotion that were brought before them.... The most remarkable
feature of the British Association meeting this year."--_Newcastle
Journal._
[Illustration: 28. GREYHOUND GALLOPING.]
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