Session 53
- Woman and Trunkl
- Squelette en chemise
- Tête de monstre à langue rouge.
- Version de libro Les Diables de Lithographie de Eugène Le Poitevin
- Versión de La Ronde du Sabbat de Litografía Boulanger
Woman and Trunkl
- Registration number 02561
- Collection title unavailable
- Collection's origin Museu del Cinema Co.lecció Tomàs Mallol
- Country of origin unavailable
- Manufatured by Without Accurate Information
- Year 1860
- Dimensions 12,3 x 29,4 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.
Squelette en chemise
- Registration number 02640-18
- Collection title Phantasmagoria
- Collection's origin Museu del Cinema Co.lecció Tomàs Mallol
- Country of origin France
- Manufatured by Anonymous
- Year 1850
- Dimensions 13,1 x 23,6 x 1 cm
- Genre Phantasmagoria
Theme
Phantasmagoria
Description
Phantasmagoria magic lantern slides evoke the mysterious atmosphere of Gothic novels so popular in the late eighteenth century: ruins covered bathed in moonlighting, flying bats over crossing cemeteries, or cloisters where novices search for a missing lover. The thematic universe of these slides sessions includes of dark woods and landscapes, medieval ruins and castles with their own basements, crypts and passageways filled with ghosts, night noises, chains, skeletons, demons, even hybrid and monstrous creatures that mingled with mythology, such as the head of Medusa or the winged gryphon. The human being, except when referrering to great personalities famous people, is usually represented by men who are monks or hermits; and women are generally virgins, novices, nuns, witches or fortune tellers. These motifs remained popular for many years in the taste of the audience, which as was evidenced by the systematic inclusion of phantasmagorias in the magic lantern soirées throughout the nineteenth century.
Tête de monstre à langue rouge.
- Registration number 02640-12
- Collection title Phantasmagoria
- Collection's origin Museu del Cinema Co.lecció Tomàs Mallol
- Country of origin France
- Manufatured by Anonymous
- Year 1850
- Dimensions 13,4 x 19,5 x 1,1 cm
- Genre Phantasmagoria
Theme
Phantasmagoria
Description
Phantasmagoria magic lantern slides evoke the mysterious atmosphere of Gothic novels so popular in the late eighteenth century: ruins covered bathed in moonlighting, flying bats over crossing cemeteries, or cloisters where novices search for a missing lover. The thematic universe of these slides sessions includes of dark woods and landscapes, medieval ruins and castles with their own basements, crypts and passageways filled with ghosts, night noises, chains, skeletons, demons, even hybrid and monstrous creatures that mingled with mythology, such as the head of Medusa or the winged gryphon. The human being, except when referrering to great personalities famous people, is usually represented by men who are monks or hermits; and women are generally virgins, novices, nuns, witches or fortune tellers. These motifs remained popular for many years in the taste of the audience, which as was evidenced by the systematic inclusion of phantasmagorias in the magic lantern soirées throughout the nineteenth century.
Version de libro Les Diables de Lithographie de Eugène Le Poitevin
- Registration number 12786
- Collection title Version de libro Les Diables de Lithographie de Eugène Le Poitevin
- Collection's origin Filmoteca Española
- Country of origin Francia
- Manufatured by unavailable
- Year 1833-1850 ca
- Dimensions 11 x 44 cm
- Genre Phantasmagoria
Theme
Phantasmagoria
Description
Phantasmagoria magic lantern slides evoke the mysterious atmosphere of Gothic novels so popular in the late eighteenth century: ruins covered bathed in moonlighting, flying bats over crossing cemeteries, or cloisters where novices search for a missing lover. The thematic universe of these slides sessions includes of dark woods and landscapes, medieval ruins and castles with their own basements, crypts and passageways filled with ghosts, night noises, chains, skeletons, demons, even hybrid and monstrous creatures that mingled with mythology, such as the head of Medusa or the winged gryphon. The human being, except when referrering to great personalities famous people, is usually represented by men who are monks or hermits; and women are generally virgins, novices, nuns, witches or fortune tellers. These motifs remained popular for many years in the taste of the audience, which as was evidenced by the systematic inclusion of phantasmagorias in the magic lantern soirées throughout the nineteenth century.
Versión de La Ronde du Sabbat de Litografía Boulanger
- Registration number 12784
- Collection title Phantasmagoria
- Collection's origin Filmoteca Española
- Country of origin Francia
- Manufatured by unavailable
- Year 1833-1850 ca
- Dimensions 11,5 x 38 cm
- Genre Phantasmagoria
Theme
Phantasmagoria
Description
Phantasmagoria magic lantern slides evoke the mysterious atmosphere of Gothic novels so popular in the late eighteenth century: ruins covered bathed in moonlighting, flying bats over crossing cemeteries, or cloisters where novices search for a missing lover. The thematic universe of these slides sessions includes of dark woods and landscapes, medieval ruins and castles with their own basements, crypts and passageways filled with ghosts, night noises, chains, skeletons, demons, even hybrid and monstrous creatures that mingled with mythology, such as the head of Medusa or the winged gryphon. The human being, except when referrering to great personalities famous people, is usually represented by men who are monks or hermits; and women are generally virgins, novices, nuns, witches or fortune tellers. These motifs remained popular for many years in the taste of the audience, which as was evidenced by the systematic inclusion of phantasmagorias in the magic lantern soirées throughout the nineteenth century.