Sentences with phrase «magic lantern slides»

A 2006 Hunter MFA grad, Sampson lives in Brooklyn and thinks about things like 19th century phantasmagorical use of color, the psychology of the shadow, magic lantern slides, Donald Judd's use of translucency, and Paul Scheerbart's essays.
The effect is as though the paintings were of stained glass, or were magic lantern slides, and it takes a moment to realise that they aren't somehow backlit.
Made by skilled artisans, these objects range from beautifully illustrated books to papier - mâché anatomical models, exquisite magic lantern slides, taxidermied animals and bisected human skulls.
W. Butcher & Sons, Alice in Wonderland, London, 1905 - 1908, Magic lantern slides issued in the Primus junior lecturers» series, number 778d.

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«Bring back the magic lantern,» mutters one respected scientist as a cherished slide reaches escape velocity as it flies across the audience, ricocheting off several elderly members of staff before finally embedding itself in the guest speaker's dentures.
In a film studies class, my professor Tom Gunning was talking about the pre-cinematic «phantasmagoria,» a form of spook show with distant voices and magic - lantern slides projected onto moving surfaces.
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