Eadweard Muybridge : the father of the motion picture / Gordon Hendricks.

Main entry:

Hendricks, Gordon, author.

Title & Author:

Eadweard Muybridge : the father of the motion picture / Gordon Hendricks.

Publication:

New York : Grossman Publishers, [1975]
©1975

Description:

xvi, 271 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index.
Foreword -- List of Illustrations -- The Early Years -- Celebrity in San Francisco -- Success and Marriage -- The Larkyns Affair -- Central America -- Occident in Motion -- Success and Scandal in Europe -- The Philadelphia Years -- Photography and Painting -- The Last Years -- Notes -- Appendix -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Collections.

Summary:

Fascinating biography not only details Muybridge's groundbreaking photographic work, but also recounts his early life in England, his stormy relationship with Leland Stanford, his marriage to a young beauty, and his acquittal on murder charges after shooting her lover. Also his collaboration with artist Thomas Eakins and influence on Frederic Remington and Marcel Duchamp.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0670286796
9780670286799

Subject:

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.
Chronophotography History.
Chronophotographie Histoire.
Chronophotography

Form/genre:

Biographies
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 88503
Call No.: ID:93-B2337
Status: Available

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