Early Visual Media Archeology

JOSEPH PLATEAU COLLECTION U-GENT
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SCIENCE MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF GHENT

The Anorthoscopic discs' or Kinetic Anamorphoses

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (1801 - 1883)

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I'm most thankfull to Professor Jos Uyttenhove & Professor Maurice Dorikens (University Ghent) for permission to use these images from the world famous Joseph Plateau collection.