1856 in animation

none 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.Meisami J.S. Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature 1 Starkey Paul Routledge 1998 0415185718 54–56Qian, A. (2012). The Maqāmah as Prosimetrum: A Comparative Investigation of its Origin, Form and Function [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Pennsylvania.Omri Mohamed-Salah 2008 Local Narrative Form and Construction of the Arabic Novel https://www.jstor.org/stable/40267737 Novel: A Forum on Fiction 41 2/3 244–263 10.1215/ddnov.041020244 40267737 subscription The illustrations of the genre tend to share formal qualities with the art of shadow play.Roxburgh David J. 2014-01-31 In Pursuit of Shadows: Al-Hariri's Maqāmāt https://brill.com/view/journals/muqj/30/1/article-p171_9.xml Muqarnas Online en 30 1 171–212 10.1163/22118993-0301P0009 0732-2992 subscription Shadow plays are considered a precursor to silhouette animation.The Silhouette Film Jouvanceau Pierre trans. Kitson 2004 Pagine di Chiavari Le Mani Genoa 88-8012-299-1 Deaths December December 24: John Ayrton Paris, British physician, (one of the claimed co-inventors of the animation device thaumatrope), dies at age 71.http://www.stephenherbert.co.uk/thaumatropeTEXT1.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20140505163311/http://www.stephenherbert.co.uk/thaumatropeTEXT1.htm usurped May 5, 2014 Herbert Stephen Wheel of Life – The ThaumatropeParis John Ayrton Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest 3 1827 22–25 https://books.google.com/books?id=Vu44AAAAMAAJ&q=%22philosophy%20in%20sport%22&pg=PA22https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_0zF-O1N9QvsC philosophy in sport. Paris John Ayrton Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest new Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper 1833 352–354 References Category:1850s in animation Category:1856 in mass media Category:1856 in the arts