Monday, March 1, 2010

Technological Breakthroughs at the Turn of the Century

Alfonse Van Besten, Modesty, 1912, autochrome


Kinetoscope, invented by Thomas Edison in 1888

The kinetoscope and the autochrome represent two technological innovations that really changed the way people thought in the late 1800's. The autochrome was the first successful colored photograph. With the invention of the autochrome, people were able to see the images they shot in color for the first time, thus opening up the entire world of color to photographers.

The Kinetoscope, invented by Thomas Edison in 1888, was a the first widely marketed machine used to view motion pictures. The films played when someone peered into the Kinetoscope were only one and a half minutes long, but they had a great effect on the viewer. Because of the invention of the Kinetoscope, the masses were able to view their world in motion.

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