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Animation
The art and technical discipline of creating the illusion of movement by displaying static images in rapid succession is animation, which exploits persistence of vision to transform drawings, objects, or rendered frames into continuous motion.
Overview
From optical toys such as the zoetrope and Reynaud's praxinoscope (1877) through Disney's synchronized sound and Technicolor to the shift from hand-drawn cels to computer-generated imagery — marked by Toy Story (1995) — animation has continuously evolved its methods while expanding its expressive range.
Why it matters
Animation has profoundly shaped global storytelling, education, and scientific visualization, and the revolution in computer-generated imagery fundamentally transformed both the aesthetics and economics of the medium, making it a major force in entertainment, advertising, and simulation.
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