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PublisherTaschen
ISBN-103836550822
ISBN-139783836550826
eBay Product ID (ePID)201623829
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Edition2
Book TitleEadweard Muybridge. the Human and Animal Locomotion Photographs. Ediz. Inglese, Francese E Tedesca
Number of Pages704 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicIndividual Photographers / Monographs, Cultural Heritage, Individual Photographers / General, Individual Artists / Monographs, General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, History
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Photography, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorHans C. Adam
Book SeriesBibliotheca Universalis Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height7.8 in
Item Weight45.3 Oz
Item Length1.7 in
Item Width5.9 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsMuybridge was the first person to recognise the potential for photography to convey movement, speed and vitality and produced a plethora of fabulous images of man and beast racing around.
SynopsisEnglish photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) is a pioneer in visual studies of human and animal locomotion. In 1872, he famously helped settle a bet for former California governor Leland Stanford by photographing a galloping horse. Muybridge invented a complex system of electric shutter releases that captured freeze frames--proving conclusively, for the first time, that a galloping horse lifts all four hooves off the ground for a fraction of a second. For the next three decades, Muybridge continued his quest to fully catalog many aspects of human and animal movement, shooting hundreds of horses and other animals, --as well as nude or draped subjects engaged in various activities such as running, walking, boxing, fencing, and descending a staircase (the latter study inspired Marcel Duchamp's famous 1912 painting).This book traces the life and work of Muybridge, from his early thinking about anatomy and movement to his latest photographic experiments. Many plates of Muybridge's groundbreaking Animal Locomotion (1887) are reproduced here. In addition, Muybridge's handmade and extremely rare first illustrated album, The Attitudes of Animals in Motion (1881), is reproduced in large part. A detailed chronology by British researcher Stephen Herbert throws new light on one of the most important pioneers of photography., English photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) is a pioneer in visual studies of human and animal locomotion. In 1872, he famously helped settle a bet for former California governor Leland Stanford by photographing a galloping horse. Muybridge invented a complex system of electric shutter releases that captured freeze frames--proving conclusively, for the first time, that a galloping horse lifts all four hooves off the ground for a fraction of a second. For the next three decades, Muybridge continued his quest to fully catalog many aspects of human and animal movement, shooting hundreds of horses and other animals, --as well as nude or draped subjects engaged in various activities such as running, walking, boxing, fencing, and descending a staircase (the latter study inspired Marcel Duchamp's famous 1912 painting).This book traces the life and work of Muybridge, from his early thinking about anatomy and movement to his latest photographic experiments. Many plates of Muybridge's groundbreaking Animal Locomotion (1887) are reproduced here. In addition, Muybridge's handmade and extremely rare first illustrated album, The Attitudes of Animals in Motion (1881), is reproduced in large part. A detailed chronology by British researcher Stephen Herbert throws new light on one of the most important pioneers of photography. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis -- Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!, The life and work of Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), pioneer in the visual studies of animal and human movement. With a detailed chronology and numerous plates, this book features in particular many images from the groundbreaking Animal Locomotion, as well as from Muybridge's handmade and extremely rare first album, The Attitudes of Animals in...
LC Classification NumberTR647
