The art of cinema has evolved and changed throughout its history. The birth of cinema is traditionally placed at the end of the 19th century, when a number of crucial inventions transformed the viewing of static images into an experience of moving images. One of the protagonists of this pioneering phase was Thomas Edison, who invented the kinetoscope in 1891, a device through which people could watch short films individually.
However, it was the Lumière brothers, Auguste and Louis, who took the idea a step further with the invention of the cinematograph in 1895. Since then, progress has never stopped: from the first silent films to sound films, from black and white to colour, from square screens to widescreen, and from analogue to digital film. But like all things, films suffer from the passage of time and wear and tear due to numerous screenings, and they suffer from specific preservation problems.
In order to preserve our heritage and increase the availability of content in the digital age, it is important to be familiar with the various techniques and technologies used to create different types of film (analogue or digital), so that we can intervene on the film in the best possible way for restoration. Hence the library's proposal on this topic.
a cura di Serena Musante e Roberta Scordamaglia - CAeB
The list of books that were displayed in the thematic showcase:
Le onde della luce / di Alessandro bettini
Thin film optics and polarized light / di Hans Arwin
Excited states and photochemistry of organic molecules / di Martin Klessinger e Josef Michl
Mécanique des fluides / di L. Landau e E. Lifchitz
Ottica / di F.A. Jenkins e H.E. White