1856 in animation

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Years:	1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859

Events in 1856 in animation.

Events

• Specific date unknown: Publication of Majama’ al-Bahrayn (1856) by al-Yaziji. It is a modern example of the maqama genre of picaresque short stories.[1][2][3] The illustrations of the genre tend to share formal qualities with the art of shadow play.[4] Shadow plays are considered a precursor to silhouette animation.[5]

Deaths

December

• December 24: John Ayrton Paris, British physician, (one of the claimed co-inventors of the animation device thaumatrope), dies at age 71.[6][7][8]

References

1. Meisami, J.S.; Starkey, Paul (1998). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Vol. 1. Routledge. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0415185718.
2. Qian, A. (2012). The Maqāmah as Prosimetrum: A Comparative Investigation of its Origin, Form and Function [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Pennsylvania.
3. Omri, Mohamed-Salah (2008). "Local Narrative Form and Construction of the Arabic Novel". Novel: A Forum on Fiction. 41 (2/3): 244–263. doi:10.1215/ddnov.041020244. JSTOR 40267737.
4. Roxburgh, David J. (2014-01-31). "In Pursuit of Shadows: Al-Hariri's Maqāmāt". Muqarnas Online. 30 (1): 171–212. doi:10.1163/22118993-0301P0009. ISSN 0732-2992.
5. Jouvanceau, Pierre (2004). The Silhouette Film. Pagine di Chiavari. trans. Kitson. Genoa: Le Mani. ISBN 88-8012-299-1.
6. Herbert, Stephen. "Wheel of Life – The Thaumatrope".
7. Paris, John Ayrton (1827). Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest. Vol. 3. pp. 22–25.
8. Paris, John Ayrton (1833). Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest (new ed.). Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper. pp. 352–354. philosophy in sport.