Session 3
- Tightrope Walker in the Circus
- El malabarista
- Solar System
- Winter/Summer Landscape and Watemill
- Buenas Noches
Tightrope Walker in the Circus
- Registration number 02471
- Collection title Tightrope Walker in the Circus
- Collection's origin Museu del Cinema Co.lecció Tomàs Mallol
- Country of origin unavailable
- Manufatured by Without Accurate Information
- Year 1890
- Dimensions 9,8 x 22,5 x 1,3 cm
- Genre Burlesque
Theme
Burlesque
Description
Magic lantern slides classified within the burlesque genre are defined as having three specific properties, in addition to the scenic generic properties: (1) The recording and level of codification of their images through pictorial and / or printing techniques; (2) a medium complexity in staging —slides were designed to be shown with some kind of funny comment and / or some form of musical accompaniment—; and (3) the use of cultural contents from certain minor dramatic traditions — dances, musical numbers, illusionism, declamation, imitation, humor, pantomime, shadows and silhouettes, or circus arts —including acrobatics, juggling or samples of biological rarities or trained animals.
Among burlesque magic lantern slides, those that refer to actions that seek to ridicule someone or something are very frequent. In human interaction, the slides present their subjects in two ways, either in fun or harmfull: they use parody and exaggeration of the features and actions of a character in order to ridicule a topic, either glorifying the socially unacceptable, or denigrating the socially dignified. These slides are connected to variety shows and directly related to the tradition of the American vaudeville, the French cabaret, or the British pantomime and music hall.
El malabarista
- Registration number CE1986/006/3071
- Collection title El malabarista
- Collection's origin MUNCYT
- Country of origin Anonymous
- Manufatured by Anonymous
- Year c. 1880
- Dimensions 19,2 x 10 x 1 cm
- Genre Burlesque
Theme
Burlesque
Description
Magic lantern slides classified within the burlesque genre are defined as having three specific properties, in addition to the scenic generic properties: (1) The recording and level of codification of their images through pictorial and / or printing techniques; (2) a medium complexity in staging —slides were designed to be shown with some kind of funny comment and / or some form of musical accompaniment—; and (3) the use of cultural contents from certain minor dramatic traditions — dances, musical numbers, illusionism, declamation, imitation, humor, pantomime, shadows and silhouettes, or circus arts —including acrobatics, juggling or samples of biological rarities or trained animals.
Among burlesque magic lantern slides, those that refer to actions that seek to ridicule someone or something are very frequent. In human interaction, the slides present their subjects in two ways, either in fun or harmfull: they use parody and exaggeration of the features and actions of a character in order to ridicule a topic, either glorifying the socially unacceptable, or denigrating the socially dignified. These slides are connected to variety shows and directly related to the tradition of the American vaudeville, the French cabaret, or the British pantomime and music hall.
Solar System
- Registration number 02639-09
- Collection title Solar System
- Collection's origin Museu del Cinema Co.lecció Tomàs Mallol
- Country of origin unavailable
- Manufatured by Without Accurate Information
- Year 1890
- Dimensions 11,3 x 22 ; 8 x 1,6 cm
- Genre Astronomical
Theme
Astronomical
Description
Magic lantern slides labelled as ‘astronomical’ visually disclose scientific knowledge about the celestial bodies in the universe, including planets and their satellites, meteors and comets, stars and galaxies. Thus, they study their movements and phenomena related to them.
Magic lantern slides labelled as astronomical could include the astrological subgenre, which refer to the study of the motions and relative positions of celestial objects such as planets, the sun and moon interpreted in terms of human characteristics and activities.
Winter/Summer Landscape and Watemill
- Registration number 02440
- Collection title Winter/Summer Landscape and Watemill
- Collection's origin Museu del Cinema Co.lecció Tomàs Mallol
- Country of origin unavailable
- Manufatured by Without Accurate Information
- Year 1880
- Dimensions 15 x 15,2 x 0,9 cm
- Genre Topical
Theme
Topical
Description
Magic lantern slides categorised within the topical genre visually reflected current events that were also part of the contemporary written and illustrated press. These kinds of slides included four groups of subjects: (1) society—including national or international politics, economy, culture, education, science and technology; (2) incidents —such as accidents, crimes or natural disasters; (3) travel —showing current images of cities, landscapes or people around the world as well as travel motivated by scientific curiosity, the commercial and tourist industry, or artistic creativity; and (4) sports —through news-related events of interest to national or international public opinion.
Magic lantern slides within the topical genre also included the dissolving view subgenre. Magic lantern slides that belong to this subgenre are diachronic, simulating the passing of time across two or more moments through a gradual visual transformation. They provided added value to the visual presentation of all kinds of events: sights while travelling, natural phenomena, events such as explosions or fires, etc. The effect was achieved by darkening the image shown, while the next one was gradually superimposed.
Buenas Noches
- Registration number 02564
- Collection title unavailable
- Collection's origin Museu del Cinema Co.lecció Tomàs Mallol
- Country of origin unavailable
- Manufatured by Without Accurate Information
- Year 1880
- Dimensions 11,1 x 27 x 1,2 cm
- Genre Title
Theme
Title
Description
Title genre magic lantern slides include visual contents such as signs, inscriptions or decorative elements that served to lead, announce transitions, or finish any of the projected stories during the magic lantern shows. Magic lantern slides within the title genre genre include the chromotoscopic subgenre. Chromotoscopic magic lantern slides are defined as having two specific properties in addition to the sign genre: a cyclical format and the creation of their images by pictorial and / or printing techniques.