The
Rotoreliefs are optical discs created by Marcel Duchamp, a French
artist (1887-1968), which when placed on the turntable of a phonograph
produced the illusion of motion in perspective. To make the illusion
work you have to keep staring at the center of the discs
Mongolfière
Hot-air balloon
Poisson
Fish in aquarium
Eclipse
Verre
Stemmed glass
Hikone's
Phenakistiscope
A
Phenakistoscope is an optical toy. A Belgian named Joseph Plateau
invented it in 1832. Plateau calls his invention the Phenakistiscope ('spindle
viewer'), but it is also known under other names as: Fantascope,
Phantamascope, Magic Disc or Kaleidorama. The Phenakistiscope is
a cardboard disc with slots around the edge, and drawings between
the slots, and when it is spun on an axle in front of a mirror,
the viewer can see through the slots the reflections of the sequence
drawings arranged on one side of the disc. The eye saw each picture
only briefly as it moved opposite to the slot, and the view was
then obscured by the disc until the next image was seen through
the next slot, and so on. The sequence of images gives the impression
of a continuous motion because it was designed to be cyclic. Here
below is a GIF version of this toy drawn by Hikone.
• How
to make your own phenakistiscope toy.
• To see more optical toys click here.
A
Phenakistoscope is an optical toy. A Belgian named Joseph Plateau
invented it in 1832. Plateau calls his invention the Phenakistiscope ('spindle
viewer'), but it is also known under other names as: Fantascope,
Phantamascope, Magic Disc or Kaleidorama. The Phenakistiscope is
a cardboard disc with slots around the edge, and drawings between
the slots, and when it is spun on an axle in front of a mirror,
the viewer can see through the slots the reflections of the sequence
drawings arranged on one side of the disc. The eye saw each picture
only briefly as it moved opposite to the slot, and the view was
then obscured by the disc until the next image was seen through
the next slot, and so on. The sequence of images gives the impression
of a continuous motion because it was designed to be cyclic. Here
below is a GIF version of this toy drawn by Hikone.
