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Animation Satire

Animation: The art of making inanimate objects appear to move. Animation is an artistic impulse that long predates the movies. History’s first recorded animator is Pygmalion of Greek and Roman mythology, a sculptor who created a figure of a woman so perfect that he fell in love with her and begged Venus to bring her to life. Some of the same sense of magic, mystery, and transgression still adheres to contemporary film animation, which has made it a primary vehicle for exploring the overwhelming, often bewildering emotions of childhood—feelings once dealt with by folktales.
Original animation cells are each hand painted by artists. They are called cells since they are painted on acetate to move over a separate background scene that, when shown in succession, create the illusion of movement. Since nowadays this is done with computers the following pieces are most collectible.
Take note of these quite recognizable artist's names as they created magic for various famous studios.

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