Odd, when reading about earlier animation such as the flipbook or phenakistoscope it all assumes that everything really starts in the 19th century.
I can understand that there's a reliance on written evidence, patent applications and scientific papers but I'd have thought animation effects on a rotating/moving surface would have occurred before that. Thinking of things such as decoration on ceramics, clothing worn by dancers that spin, marks/decoration on wheels and so on.
(, Wed 10 Jul 2024, 8:51, Reply)
Didn't that spinny disk bird cage illusion exist pre-19th century?
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Wed 10 Jul 2024, 18:49,
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Apparently called a thaumatrope, again connected with the early 19th century*
*wikipedia does mention this which suggests the idea may be a lot older
flintstone media
(, Thu 11 Jul 2024, 0:16, Reply)