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An in-depth history of animation from 1898-1928 that includes accounts of mechanical ingenuity, marketing and art. The text explains techniques of sketching and camera work, and discusses the styles of such animators as Winsor McCay and Ladislas Starevitch, placing work in its social and economic context.

Before Mickey The Animated Film 18981928

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 December 1993
      ISBN-13 9780226116679
      978-0226116679
      ISBN-10 0226116670
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An in-depth history of animation from 1898-1928 that includes accounts of mechanical ingenuity, marketing and art. The text explains techniques of sketching and camera work, and discusses the styles of such animators as Winsor McCay and Ladislas Starevitch, placing work in its social and economic context.

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