Descriptive Zoopraxography; or, the science of animal locomotion made popular

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Descriptive Zoopraxography; or, the science of animal locomotion made popular" by Eadweard Muybridge is a scientific publication written during the late 19th century. This book serves as a popular treatise on Muybridge's groundbreaking investigations into animal locomotion, utilizing photographic techniques to examine and illustrate the movement of various animals. The book presents a synthesis of Muybridge's earlier work, particularly focusing on the detailed analysis of movements, especially of quadrupeds like horses, and how these movements correlate to artistic representations throughout history. With a systematic approach, Muybridge details the various gaits of animals-such as walking, trotting, galloping, and jumping-by describing their mechanics and providing photographic evidence from his extensive research. The Zoöpraxiscope, a device invented by Muybridge to project images of motion, plays a pivotal role in this work, illustrating how the principles of locomotion can aid both the scientific and artistic communities in understanding animal movement and enhancing accuracy in artistic representations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Mark C. Orton, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 51.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2012-07-11