zoopraxographyhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoopraxography_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoopraxography, n.
Revised 2017

zoopraxographynoun

Now chiefly historical.
  1. 1891–
    a. The branch of knowledge that deals with animal motion. b. A series of photographs of a moving subject, esp. an animal, used to portray sequential motion; cf. zoopraxiscope n.
    1. 1891
      The science of animal locomotion (zoopraxography).
      E. Muybridge (title)
    2. 1893
      In the presentation of a lecture on Zoöpraxography the course usually adopted is to project..a series of the most important phases of some act of animal motion.
      E. Muybridge, Descriptive Zoopraxography 2
    3. 1947
      The science of animal motion (Zoöpraxography) cannot be entirely ignored by artists,..since the advent of instantaneous photography has familiarised the public with the camera's version of animal movement.
      L. Edwards, Reminisc. Sporting Artist xv. 151
    4. 1976
      Muybridge developed a stage between still photography and motion pictures which he called ‘zoopraxography’.
      Bulletin City Art Mus. St. Louis vol. 12 17/2
    5. 2011
      The pair charged the public 50 cents..to view their collection of zoopraxography.
      Time Out San Francisco 40

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoopraxography, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoopraxography, n. was last modified in July 2023.