Magic lantern display. 17th-century artwork showing an image of a skeleton being projected from a magic lantern. The magic lantern was the ancestor of the modern slide projector. It was invented in China in the second century,and was in existence in Europe by the late 17th century. It used an oil lamp and a lens to project images painted on glass plates onto a screen. Artwork from the 1671 edition of 'Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae' (The Great Art of Light and Darkness) by the German Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher (circa 1601-1680). First published in 1646,it was mostly about optics and magic lanterns | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / New York Public Library / Science, Industry & Business Library |
Bildgröße: | 4800 px × 3644 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
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