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Shadowgraph is an optical method that reveals non-uniformities in transparent media like air, water, or glass. It is related to, but simpler than, the schlieren and schlieren photography methods that perform a similar function.
Shadowgraphy or ombromanie is the art of performing a story or show using images made by hand shadows. It can be called "cinema in silhouette". It can be called "cinema in silhouette". Performers are titled as a shadowgraphist or shadowgrapher.
Albert Almoznino (Hebrew: אלברט אלמוזנינו; March 3, 1923 – April 7, 2020) was an Israeli hand shadow artist.He gained international recognition in the years 1958-1975 when he performed his hand shadow skills in front of thousands of people at Radio City Music Hall New York, Paris Olympia, Reno Nevada, "The Ed Sullivan Show" [1] and other places.
Shadowgraphy may refer to: Shadowgraphy (performing art), using hand shadows; Shadow play or shadow puppetry, performing art using cut-out figures; Radiography, the use of X-rays; Shadowgraph or shadowgram, an optical method that reveals non-uniformities in transparent media
Predecessors to film that had already used light and shadows to create art before the advent of modern film technology include shadowgraphy, shadow puppetry, camera obscura, and the magic lantern. Shadowgraphy and shadow puppetry represent early examples of the intent to use moving imagery for entertainment and storytelling. [1]
An example of shadow puppetry in Greece. In Plato's allegory of the cave (circa 380 BCE), Socrates described a kind of shadow play with figures made out of stone, wood, or other materials, presented to prisoners who in all of their life could see nothing more than the shadows on the wall in front of them. This was an imaginative illustration of ...
Félicien Trewey, born Félicien-François Trevey (23 May 1848 – 2 December 1920), was a French magician, mime, comedian, vaudevillian, tightrope walker, balance artist, dancer, musician, chapeaugraphist and shadowgraphist. [1] [2] The principal of Trewey's entertainment was balancing tricks, which at the time he was a grand master. [3]
Timelines describe the events that occurred before another event, leading up to it, causing it, and also those that occurred right afterward that were attributable to it. Timelines are often bulleted lists or tables.