The Phenakistiscope
Channel: Iconauta
Date: 2021-01-03

The Phenakistiscope was an optical instrument that gave an illusion of movement by using a small number of drawings, each altered somewhat. The Phenkistiscope was the first widespread animation device, it was invented by the Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau in 1832. 
In this video, I animated several disks for phenakistiscope to show you how it worked. 
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The video The Phenakitoscope is by Piergiorgio Mariniello
Audio track Big Top is by Sir Cubworth

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