ANIMATING THE 4th DIMENSION From: Animation Journal | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Fleisch, Thorsten | Copyright A J Press 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Since the latter part of the 19th century, people have been interested in the fourth dimension. Very popular at that time, it was fascinating and left room for all kinds of speculations and assumptions. Some people even assumed it must be the place where God resides, heaven. Artists especially took a great interest in the fourth dimension. Writers like H. G. Wells, Alfred Jarry, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, along with avant-garde artists like Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Frantisek Kupka, Kazimi...