Project Gutenberg 2005-03-16 Public domain in the USA. 623 Münsterberg, Hugo 1863 1916 Hugo Münsterberg Munsterberg, Hugo The Photoplay: A Psychological Study Reading ease score: 55.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Annika Feilbach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Photoplay: A Psychological Study" by Hugo Münsterberg is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the psychology and aesthetics of moving pictures, exploring how films create emotional and cognitive experiences in viewers. It examines the evolution of cinema from its beginnings to a powerful art form, emphasizing its unique psychological impacts. The opening of the book provides a historical overview of moving pictures, beginning with early inventions that set the stage for cinema. Münsterberg discusses key developments, from the first experiments with motion in devices like the phenakistoscope and zoetrope to the commercial success of Edison's kinetoscope. He outlines the gradual transition from simple, brief clips to the elaborate, multifaceted narratives presented in modern film, setting the foundation for his exploration of the psychological mechanisms behind how moving images affect perception and emotion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Motion pictures -- Psychological aspects Motion pictures -- Aesthetics PN Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Literature Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology 296506 296507 2024-10-07T05:19:24.293915 2023-09-07T07:03:53.771940 text/html text/html 296786 2020-12-14T07:53:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 104459 2020-12-14T07:53:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 189079 2024-10-07T05:19:31.136803 application/epub+zip 191003 2024-10-07T05:19:27.355824 application/epub+zip 174099 2024-10-07T05:19:26.174858 application/epub+zip 372319 2024-10-07T05:19:34.271789 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348648 2024-10-07T05:19:30.328805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246039 2022-09-07T21:29:05.674000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280817 280734 2024-10-07T05:19:23.886862 2023-09-07T07:03:53.463937 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 280594 2020-12-14T07:53:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 98694 2020-12-14T07:53:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 280609 2020-12-14T07:53:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98639 2020-12-14T07:53:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21584 2024-10-07T05:19:34.407784 application/rdf+xml 16504 2024-10-07T05:19:26.719838 image/jpeg 3961 2024-10-07T05:19:26.443903 image/jpeg 184808 2024-10-07T05:19:24.320834 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia