Live!: A History of Art. Week 5, day 3
Cinematic Scope
Alfred Mahlau (January 21, 1894 - January 22, 1967) German painter, illustrator and teacher, born in Berlin and died in Hamburg. He was best known for his graphical work and illustrations, and for the large stained glass window, Dance of Death.
Spielzeug: Eine bunte Fibel. Alfred Mahlau, illustrator. Leipzig: L. Stackmann, 1938.
Eadweard James Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904) was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.
Muybridge's The Horse in Motion, 1878
Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled after 1878
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
The Lumière (pronounced: [lymjɛːʁ]) brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas (19 October 1862, Besançon, France - 10 April 1954, Lyon) and Louis Jean (5 October 1864, Besançon, France - 6 June 1948, Bandol), were among the earliest filmmakers in history.
The train moving directly towards the camera was said to have terrified spectators at the first screening, a claim that has been called an urban legend.
Alfred Mahlau (January 21, 1894 - January 22, 1967) German painter, illustrator and teacher, born in Berlin and died in Hamburg. He was best known for his graphical work and illustrations, and for the large stained glass window, Dance of Death.
Spielzeug: Eine bunte Fibel. Alfred Mahlau, illustrator. Leipzig: L. Stackmann, 1938.
Eadweard James Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904) was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.
Muybridge's The Horse in Motion, 1878
Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled after 1878
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
The Lumière (pronounced: [lymjɛːʁ]) brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas (19 October 1862, Besançon, France - 10 April 1954, Lyon) and Louis Jean (5 October 1864, Besançon, France - 6 June 1948, Bandol), were among the earliest filmmakers in history.
The train moving directly towards the camera was said to have terrified spectators at the first screening, a claim that has been called an urban legend.