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<p>Animation is a natural, attractive form of expression. Artists have long made imagery that indicated movement – many showing changing movement over time, often using sequential illustrations or overlapping drawings. Animation precedes film, with the invention of the thaumatrope, Phenakisticope (Fig 3), and Zoetrope </p>
<p>Fig. 1: 5,200-year old Iranian vase sequential image shows a goat leaping toward a tree.</p>
<p><img src="https://mcad.instructure.com/courses/104/files/6149/preview" alt="Vase_animation.svg.png" width="2880" height="515" data-api-endpoint="https://mcad.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/104/files/6149" data-api-returntype="File" /></p>
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<p>Fig 2: 4,000 year old Eqyptian burial chamber mural appears to feature a wrestling match in a series of sequential illustrations.</p>
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<p>Fig 3: Phenakistiscope.</p>
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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation#/media/File:Prof._Stampfer%27s_Stroboscopische_Scheibe_No._X.gif">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation#/media/File:Prof._Stampfer%27s_Stroboscopische_Scheibe_No._X.gif</a></p>
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<p>Lilli Carr<span>é</span></p>
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<p>Hudson Christie for The New Yorker</p>
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<p>Yukai Du for MIT Technology Review</p>
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<p><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/3otOKP28RZUSJoGgYE">via GIPHY</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Below is a brief, slightly imperfect, but nice beginner's look at animation's roots.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mbpLpxi9rJY" width="560" height="315" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"></iframe></p>
<p>Animation is a natural, attractive form of expression. Artists have long made imagery that indicated movement – many showing changing movement over time, often using sequential illustrations or overlapping drawings. Animation precedes film, with the invention of the thaumatrope, Phenakisticope (Fig 3), and Zoetrope </p>
<p>Fig. 1: 5,200-year old Iranian vase sequential image shows a goat leaping toward a tree.</p>
<p><img src="https://mcad.instructure.com/courses/104/files/6149/preview" alt="Vase_animation.svg.png" width="2880" height="515" data-api-endpoint="https://mcad.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/104/files/6149" data-api-returntype="File" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Fig 2: 4,000 year old Eqyptian burial chamber mural appears to feature a wrestling match in a series of sequential illustrations.</p>
<p><img src="https://mcad.instructure.com/courses/104/files/6150/preview" alt="Egyptmotionseries.jpg" width="1712" height="1321" data-api-endpoint="https://mcad.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/104/files/6150" data-api-returntype="File" /></p>
<p>Fig 3: Phenakistiscope.</p>
<p><img src="https://mcad.instructure.com/courses/104/files/6144/preview" alt="Prof._Stampfer's_Stroboscopische_Scheibe_No._X.gif" width="800" height="800" data-api-endpoint="https://mcad.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/104/files/6144" data-api-returntype="File" /></p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation#/media/File:Prof._Stampfer%27s_Stroboscopische_Scheibe_No._X.gif">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation#/media/File:Prof._Stampfer%27s_Stroboscopische_Scheibe_No._X.gif</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Lilli Carr<span>é</span></p>
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<p> </p>
<p>Hudson Christie for The New Yorker</p>
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<p><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/originals-animation-logo-AslpK9FiAwKSOpmv5c">via GIPHY</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Yukai Du for MIT Technology Review</p>
<p><iframe class="giphy-embed" src="https://giphy.com/embed/3otOKP28RZUSJoGgYE" width="480" height="480" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment="1"></iframe></p>
<p><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/3otOKP28RZUSJoGgYE">via GIPHY</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Below is a brief, slightly imperfect, but nice beginner's look at animation's roots.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mbpLpxi9rJY" width="560" height="315" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"></iframe></p>