Muybridge's Complete Human and Animal Locomotion All 781 Plates from the 1887 by Eadweard Muybridge, 1979 - Intoduction to the Dover Edition by Anita Ventura Mozley, Curator of photography, Stanford University Museum of Art - Complete 3 books, 1597 pages in continuous pagination - Grey cloth hardcover edition with illustrated dust jacket, format: 32 x 25 cm - Excellent condition, but the dust jacket for volume 3 is missing - Muybridge a créé ces images pour analyser le mouvement, répondant à des questions de biomécanique et de psychologie qui ne pouvaient être résolues à l'œil nu. Ses études, réalisées à l'Université de Pennsylvanie, ont prouvé des théories sur la marche des animaux (notamment qu'un cheval au galop décolle les quatre sabots) - C'est en même temps une oeuvre d'art pionnière qui a défini la "chronophotographie". Elle utilise une série d'appareils photo déclenchés séquentiellement pour capturer la décomposition du mouvement, jetant les bases du cinéma - Trois volumes in-quarto (32 X 25 cm) - Plein cartonnage bradel, toilés gris, de l'éditeur, sous jaquettes illustrées - The English photographer, Eadweard Muybridge, was a true pioneer in the visual observation of Human and Animal movements. He had invented of simultaneous shutters that made it possible to freeze-frame images, and to prove irrefutably for the first time that a galloping horse lifts all four hooves off the ground for a fraction of a second. For over thirty years, he continued his work to fully catalogue the multiple aspects of human and animal movement, taking hundreds of photographs of nude or lightly clothed subjects performing activities such as walking, running, going down stairs, practicing various sports, etc. This magnificent work retraces the life and work of Muybridge - Contents - Concordance of Plate and Pages Numbers in the Present Edition (pages XXXIX - Xlii) - Containing Original Volumes - Tome I. - Volume 1. Males (Nude) pages 1 -131 / Volume 2. Males (Nude); continued pages 133-269 / Volume 3. Females (Nude) pages 271-449 / Volume 4. Females (Nude); continued pages 451-629 - Tome II. - Volume 5. Males (Pelvis Cloth) pages 631-775 / Volume 6. Females (Semi-Nude & Transparent Drapery) & Children pages 777-935 / Volume 7. Males & Females (Draped) & Miscellaneous Subjects pages 937-1079 / Volume 8. Abnormal Movements, Males & Females (Nude & Semi-Nude) pages 1081-1139 - Tome III. - Volume 9. Horses pages 1141-1331 / Volume 10. Domestic Animals pages 1333-1413 / Volume 11. Wild Animals & Birds pages 1415-1583 / Original Prospectus & Catalogue of Plates pages 1585-1597 -