
Picturing Time
The Work of Etienne-Jules Marey
Marta Braun(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Published on 15. January 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
472 pages
978-0-226-07175-6 (ISBN)
Description
Etienne-Jules Marey was an inventor whose methods of recording movement revolutionized our way of visualizing time and motion. Best remembered for his chronophotography, Marey constructed a single-camera system that led the way to cinematography. Picturing Time, the first complete survey of Marey's work, investigates the far reaching effects of Marey's inventions on stream-of-consciousness literature, psychoanalysis, Bergsonian philosophy, and the art of cubists and futurists. Braun offers a fascinating look at how Marey's chronophotography was used to express the profound transformation in understanding and experiencing time that occurred in the late nineteenth century. Featuring 335 illustrations, Picturing Time includes many unpublished examples of Marey's chronophotographs and cinematic work. It also contains a complete bibliography of his writings and the first catalog of his films, photographic prints, and recently discovered negatives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 28 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
1247 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-07175-6 (9780226071756)
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Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Pt. 1: Marey and His Work 1: Brains in His Fingertips 2: The Writing of Life: The Graphic Method 3: Reinventing the Camera: The Photographic Method 4: Animating Images: The Cinematographic Method 5: The Last Work Pt. 2: Marey's Legacy 6: Marey, Muybridge, and Motion Pictures 7: Marey, Modern Art, and Modernism 8: Marey and the Organization of Work Conclusion: Inventing the Inventor Catalog 1: Photographic Negatives and Prints Catalog 2: Original Chronophotographic and Photographic Experiments Catalog 3: Films Notes Bibliography of Works by Marey Index