Animals in Motion (Muybridge Eadweard)(Paperback)

"The dry plate's most spectacular early use was by Eadweard Muybridge." -- Life
"A really marvelous series of plates." -- Nature (London)
"These photographs have resolved many complicated questions." -- Art Journal
Here is the largest, most comprehensive selection of Muybridge's famous animal photos -- more than 4,000 high-speed shots of 34 different animals and birds, in 123 different types of actions. Animals are shown walking, running, leaping, flying -- in typical actions. The horse alone is shown in more than 40 different ways: galloping with nude rider, trotting, pacing with sulky, cantering, jumping hurdles, carrying, rolling on barrels, and 36 other actions. All photos taken against ruled backgrounds; most actions taken from 3 angles at once: 90 degrees, 60 degrees, rear. Foreshortened views are included.
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