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2. Magic lantern - Wikipedia

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   Magic lantern slide by Carpenter and Westley. The magic lantern, also known by its Latin name lanterna magica, was an early type of image projector that used pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs —on transparent plates (usually made of glass), one or more lenses, and a light source.

3. Magic (illusion) - Wikipedia

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   Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close-up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means. [1][2] It is to be distinguished from paranormal magic which are effects claimed to be created through ...

4. Golden hour (photography) - Wikipedia

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   Comparison of daylight versus the golden hour at Newbury Racecourse. In photography, the golden hour is the period of daytime shortly after sunrise or before sunset, during which daylight is redder and softer than when the sun is higher in the sky. The golden hour is also sometimes called the magic hour, especially by cinematographers and ...

5. Sympathetic magic - Wikipedia

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   In his book Primitive Mythology, Joseph Campbell stated that the paintings "...were associated with the magic of the hunt." For him, this sympathetic magic was akin to a participation mystique, where the paintings, drawn in a sanctuary of "timeless principle", were acted upon by rite. In 1933, Leo Frobenius, discussing cave paintings in North ...

6. Ceremonial magic - Wikipedia

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   e. Ceremonial magic (also known as magick, ritual magic, high magic or learned magic) [1] encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic. The works included are characterized by ceremony and numerous requisite accessories to aid the practitioner. It can be seen as an extension of ritual magic, and in most cases synonymous with it.

7. Moiré pattern - Wikipedia

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   Moiré pattern. A moiré pattern formed by two units of parallel lines, one unit rotated 5° clockwise relative to the other. The fine lines that make up the sky in this image create moiré patterns when shown at some resolutions for the same reason that photographs of televisions exhibit moiré patterns: the lines are not absolutely level ...