AnimationAnimationistherapiddisplayofasequenceofimagesof2-Dor3-Dartworkormodelpositionstocreateanillusionofmovement
Theeffectisanopticalillusionofmotionduetothephenomenonofpersistenceofvision,andcanbecreatedanddemonstratedinseveralways
Themostcommonmethodofpresentinganimationisasamotionpictureorvideoprogram,althoughthereareothermethods
EarlyexamplesAnEgyptianburialchambermural,approximately4000yearsold,showingwrestlersinaction
Eventhoughthismayappearsimilartoaseriesofanimationdrawings,therewasnowayofviewingtheimagesinmotion
Itdoes,however,indicatetheartist'sintentionofdepictingmotion
Earlyexamplesofattemptstocapturethephenomenonofmotiondrawingcanbefoundinpaleolithiccavepaintings,whereanimalsaredepictedwithmultiplelegsinsuperimposedpositions,clearlyattemptingtoconveytheperceptionofmoti