Video of Three Jaquet-Droz Automata in BBC Film
While a bit longer than most videos I like to post, this one is worth a look. The first several minutes contain footage of the three famous automata created by Pierre Jaquet-Droz: The Musician, The Writer, and The Draftsman.
The automata footage is in the first few minutes. If you are curious about the French Revolution, Mozart, and Ben Franklin, by all means...watch the rest of the clip. Pretty interesting stuff, actually.
The video is from part 8 "The Drive For Power" of a 13 part series "The Ascent of Man" by Jacob Bronowski available as a 5 DVD set.
Here is a link to the The Ascent of Man 5 volume set.
The automata footage is in the first few minutes. If you are curious about the French Revolution, Mozart, and Ben Franklin, by all means...watch the rest of the clip. Pretty interesting stuff, actually.
The video is from part 8 "The Drive For Power" of a 13 part series "The Ascent of Man" by Jacob Bronowski available as a 5 DVD set.
Here is a link to the The Ascent of Man 5 volume set.
Labels: antique, France, Jaquet-Droz, mechanical music, Swiss, video
posted by Dug North on 6/18/2008
1 Comments:
I love this. Check out a series of poems I wrote about automatons.
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