THE MAGIC LANTERN
While listening to a recent broadcast on Belgium’s Radio 1 about the magic lantern and the “lanternists” who entertained paying audiences, I realised that some developments we think off as highly innovative may also be seen as a modification of something that existed hundreds of years ago.
The magic lantern projected images on hand-painted glass slides using a lens with a light source, like a candle flame or oil lamp. The magic lantern was a great success from the 17th to the 19th century, after which it was replaced by cinema and only used by missionaries who used the most up-to-date lanterns and lenses to sway large audiences of up to 700 people.
Title of publication: AgroInsight Blog
Author: Paul Van Mele
Other authors: AgroInsight, Access Agriculture
Organization: AgroInsight
Other organizations: Access Agriculture
Year: 2020
Country/ies: Malawi
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: https://www.agroinsight.com/blog/?p=3589
Content language: English