First add a variation of animation skills that could possibly prove useful out in the industry, the plan is to animate a dog (Quadruped) running, walking and interacting with something. Also plan to animate a biped lifting a heavy object, jumping a gap, talking (lip sync) and also a character animation piece which will involve a character interacting with a ball playing basketball. Here I have a few videos which I have watched carefully for inspiration and reference on the way a dog’s body moves.
The phenakistoscope was an early animation device that used the persistence of vision principle to create an illusion of motion. It was invented by Joseph Plateau in 1841. The phenakistoscope used a spinning disc attached vertically to a handle.
Dada was an avant-garde where the art is radical and unorthodox. The movement's intent was to mock materialistic and nationalistic attitudes. It aimed to overturn bourgeois sensibilities. its purpose was to intrigue the role of artist and the purpose of the art-- asserting "Dada is anti-Dada
Some characteristics include being more artificial, with exaggerated proportions, and distorted perspectives. Mannerism took influences from the high renaissance period.