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Spectacles of Light The Magic Lantern as Popular Entertainment, 1810-1930 Kurt Vanhoutte, Eleonora Paklons, Evelien Jonckheere, Leen Engelen (eds)
Kurt Vanhoutte, Eleonora Paklons, Evelien Jonckheere, Leen Engelen (eds)
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Spectacles of Light The Magic Lantern as Popular Entertainment, 1810-1930
Kurt Vanhoutte, Eleonora Paklons, Evelien Jonckheere, Leen Engelen (eds)
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Add to basketHardcover, 332 pages, 178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:42 b/w, 57 col., English. New. . ISBN 9782503622200. From fairgrounds to lecture halls, cabarets to classrooms, the magic lantern cast its glow across the modern world. Long before cinema, this versatile projection device captivated audiences with dazzling images, dramatic storyt…elling, and immersive spectacle. At once a scientific tool, a medium of persuasion, and a form of mass entertainment, the lantern became central to the making of modern visual culture. This book explores the magic lantern?s extraordinary role in shaping popular performance and entertainment in the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. Bringing together leading scholars from across disciplines, its chapters follow itinerant showmen, professional lecturers, and theatrical illusionists as they built audiences across Europe, North America, and Australia, forging connections that made the lantern a truly international medium. Spectacles of Light completes the trilogy on the magic lantern in the Media Performance Histories series, shifting focus from religion and education to the vibrant worlds of entertainment. 0 g.
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Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: nuovo. Kurt Vanhoutte, Eleonora Paklons, Evelien Jonckheere, Leen Engelen (eds). Pages: 332 p.Language(s):English. Publication Year:2026. Brepols. ISBN: 978-2-503-62220-0. Hardback - Summary From fairgrounds to lecture halls, cabarets to classrooms, the magic lantern cast its glow across the modern world. Long before…cinema, this versatile projection device captivated audiences with dazzling images, dramatic storytelling, and immersive spectacle. At once a scientific tool, a medium of persuasion, and a form of mass entertainment, the lantern became central to the making of modern visual culture. This book explores the magic lantern's extraordinary role in shaping popular performance and entertainment in the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. Bringing together leading scholars from across disciplines, its chapters follow itinerant showmen, professional lecturers, and theatrical illusionists as they built audiences across Europe, North America, and Australia, forging connections that made the lantern a truly international medium. Spectacles of Light completes the trilogy on the magic lantern in the Media Performance Histories series, shifting focus from religion and education to the vibrant worlds of entertainment. TABLE OF CONTENTS Eleonora Paklons (University of Antwerp) and Kurt Vanhoutte (University of Antwerp), Projecting the Popular Lessons in Light: The Magic Lantern between Education and Entertainment Joe Kember (University of Exeter), The 'Popular' Element in Lectures: The Ambivalence of the 'Rational Recreation' 1820-1920 and Development of the Lantern Lecture John Plunkett (University of Exeter), On the Road Again: Benjamin Malden and the Professional Lantern Lecturer Sabine Lenk (Phillips University Marburg), The Ellemberg Family, or How to 'Edutain' the Masses Ludwig Vogl-Bienek (Phillips University Marburg) and Yvonne Zimmermann (Philipps University Marburg), Paul and Minna Hoffmann's 'Great Shows': Performative Configurations of the Art of Projection for Entertainment and the Popular Transfer of Knowledge The Travelling Lantern: Transnational Mobility and Cross-Cultural Circulation Kornélia Deres (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), A Central European Magic Professor: Dissolving Views, Stage Magic, and other Lantern Practices by Ludwig Döbler Daniel Pitarch (Estampa), Following Señor Laschott: Theatrical Dissolving View Shows in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Spain (1845-1855) Martyn Jolly (Australian National University School of Art and Design), Professor Pepper in 'the Land of Bush Fires': The Colonial Experience of the Magic Lantern and Scientific Spectacle Suzanne Wray (Independen Researcher), R. Winter's UNRIVALLED EXHIBITION of Chemical Dioramas, Dissolving Views & Chromatrope Views, &c., &c. The Lantern on Stage: Theatrical Performance and the Spectacular Erkki Huhtamo (UCLA),'The Daddy of Them All': John P. Dibble as an Itinerant Magic Lantern and Moving Picture Exhibitor Pauline Lebbe (Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp) and Bart G. Moens (University of Antwerp), Symphonies of Sound and Vision: The Shadow Play as a Musical Lantern Spectacle Kurt Vanhoutte and Nele Wynants (University of Antwerp), The Agioscope of Henri Robin and Pierre Séguin: New Views on the History of the Magic Lantern Frank Kessler (Utrecht University), Staging Projections: The Lantern in German Theatrical Productions Threshold Media: The Lantern between Worlds Bart G. Moens (University of Antwerp) and Karel Vanhaesebrouck (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Exhibiting Privates in Public: A Media Archaeological Exploration of Erotica Eleonora Paklons (University of Antwerp), Gossiping about Ghosts: The Attraction of the Supernatural in fin-de-siècle Magic Lantern Performances Gabriela Cruz (University of Michigan), The Magic Lantern's Surreal Song List of Contributors.
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