page_title: Phenakistiscope
hierarchical_section_title: Phenakistiscope
caption_attribution_description: English: A woman looking in the mirror through the slits of a Magic Disk (detail of illustration by E. Schule on the label of a Magic Disk - Disques Magiques box set, circa 1833)
context_page_description: The phénakisticope was the first widespread animation device that created a fluent illusion of motion. Dubbed "Fantascope" and "Stroboscopische Scheiben" by its inventors, it has been known under very many other names until the French product name Phenakisticope became common. The phenakistiscope is regarded as one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for the future motion picture and film industry. Like a GIF animation, it can only show a short continuous loop.
context_section_description: The phénakisticope (better known as phenakistiscope or the later misspelling phenakistoscope) was the first widespread animation device that created a fluent illusion of motion. Dubbed "Fantascope" and "Stroboscopische Scheiben" (Stroboscopic discs) by its inventors, it has been known under very many other names until the French product name Phenakisticope became common (with alternative spelling). The phenakistiscope is regarded as one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for the future motion picture and film industry. Like a GIF animation, it can only show a short continuous loop.
caption: A woman viewing an animation in a mirror through the slits of a stroboscopic disc (detail of an illustration by E. Schule on the box label for Magic Disk - Disques Magiques, circa 1833)
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