Horses and Other Animals in Motion

Horses and Other Animals in Motion presents 45 classic photographic sequences by Eadweard Muybridge. This digital PDF edition makes the historic motion studies available for instant download. Drawn from Animal Locomotion, the images trace consecutive phases of animal movement with scientific precision.

Muybridge produced these sequences in the 1880s under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania. They remain essential viewing for artists, photographers, and students of animal motion.

Book Overview: Horses and Other Animals in Motion

This Dover edition is a selection of 45 sequences from the eleven-volume work Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, originally published in 1887. It is a photographic study by Eadweard Muybridge, a pioneer of motion photography. The plates document horses and other animals in motion at locations that include the Philadelphia Zoological Garden and Gentlemen’s Driving Park.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• Forty-five classic photographic sequences selected from Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion.
• Horses photographed while hauling, walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, jumping, and bucking.
• Wild and domesticated animals including cats, deer, elk, antelope, buffalo, lions, tigers, elephants, camels, raccoons, capybaras, baboons, pigeons, cockatoos, ostriches, and an adjutant.
• Sequences photographed from multiple camera batteries, with views from two vantage points.
• Plates numbered chronologically, with captions based on Muybridge’s Prospectus and Catalogue of Plates.
• A publisher’s note on Muybridge’s life, his method, and the zoopraxiscope.

Why This Book Matters

Muybridge’s photographs provided some of the first clear evidence of the attitudes taken by horses in motion. The work was part of the landmark University of Pennsylvania project that produced Animal Locomotion. It also helped lay the groundwork for motion pictures through the zoopraxiscope.

Book Details

Device Compatibility

This is a digital download. No physical item will be shipped. Access is available immediately after purchase. The PDF can be viewed on compatible Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and reading apps.

FAQ

How do I access my purchase?
After purchase you can download the PDF immediately from your account.

Will a physical copy be shipped?
No. This is a digital-only product.

What devices can I use?
The PDF works with Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and standard reading apps.

Add Horses and Other Animals in Motion to your collection and explore Muybridge’s influential motion studies.