The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body: and Lessons on Foreshortening

The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body: and Lessons on Foreshortening

Author: Johann Gottfried Schadow

Publisher: Tom Richardson

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 0982167822

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"This new edition combines the 1892 reprint of Dr. Schadow's work which was originally designed to supplement the studies of his students at the Royal Academy of Art in Berlin, with a new translation of the forward [sic] to the 1892 reprint by Ernst Wasmuth, a translation of Dr. Schadow's original introduction and supplemental copies of prints by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus whose work formed the basis for Dr. Schadow's studies of bones and muscles. The work was originally titled Lehre von dem Knochen and Muskeln von den Verhaeltnissen de Menshlichen Koerpers und von den Verkuerzungen."--Page 4 of cover.


Gerard Audran's the Proportions of the Human Body

Gerard Audran's the Proportions of the Human Body

Author: Tom Richardson

Publisher: Tom Richardson

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 0982167873

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In 1683 Gerard Audran published a work entitled "Les Proportions du corps humain mesures sur les plus belles figures de l'antiquite." The illustrations are of the most famous antique sculptures with careful measurements of each. This book reviews that work from the perspective of his contemporaries and subsequent commentators and translates his words into English as well as reprinting his original plates for the modern student, and providing some additional illustrations which help you to enjoy the plates on proportion."


How to Draw People

How to Draw People

Author: Tom Richardson

Publisher: Tom Richardson

Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 0982167881

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With 80 Plates Originally Published between 1828 and 1855 In the nineteenth century students who did not have access to plaster casts and teachers who wished for a course of instruction turned to copy books for drawing lessons. They were popular and many authors produced versions either for use in schools or for learning at home. This book combines examples from seven different books. The selections focus on those sections of the books devoted to drawing the human figure. The books include: Buchanan's Initiatory Drawing Lessons The Illustrated Drawing Book The Young Artists Assistant in the Art of Drawing A Guide to Figure Drawing Oxford Drawing Book Drawing Lessons for Family and School Systematische Zeichen Schule"


The School of Raphael

The School of Raphael

Author: Nicholas Dorigny

Publisher: Tom Richardson

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0982167849

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This book of prints of the human head, showing the range of emotions and expressions, were engraved by the most skilled artists of the day from tracings and drawings made by Nicholas Dorigny from the famous cartoons that Raphael designed in the early 1500s to be made into tapestries for the Sistine Chapel.


Dynamic Human Anatomy

Dynamic Human Anatomy

Author: Roberto Osti

Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC

Published: 2021-04-06

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1580935516

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An essential visual guide for artists to the mastery and use of advanced human anatomy skills in the creation of figurative art. Dynamic Human Anatomy picks up where Basic Human Anatomy leaves off and offers artists and art students a deeper understanding of anatomy, including anatomy in motion, and how that essential skill is applied to the creation of fine figurative art.


Figure Drawing

Figure Drawing

Author: Richard G. Hatton

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-09-19

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 048614643X

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One of the few available guidebooks of its kind, this manual approaches figure drawing from the draftsman's point of view. With a clear focus on surface lines and prominences, step-by-step instructions and over 300 illustrations guide artists in accurately sketching all aspects of the human form in lively action and repose. Beginning with method and proportion, the author discusses the drawing of lines, contours, planes, masses, and rounded forms. Moving on to the individual parts of the body, simple principles of anatomy are applied to demonstrate techniques for sketching the head and neck, the trunk, the upper and lower limbs, and the digits. Expertly rendered figures are shown in various positions and movements, and from all angles, for the most thorough, concise instruction. Brimming with the basic elements necessary for creating quality works of art, Figure Drawing also includes guidance for drawing drapery, revealing the main points of support on the body and the proper way to sketch the folds and forms of garments. Immensely practical and highly readable, it is a manual that artists of every level will turn to again and again.


Basic Human Anatomy

Basic Human Anatomy

Author: Roberto Osti

Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1580934382

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A comprehensive, yet flexible and holistic approach to the human body for artists, Roberto Osti’s method of teaching anatomy is exhaustive, but never loses sight of the fact that this understanding should lead to the creation of art. Basic Human Anatomy teaches artists the simple yet powerful formula artists have used for centuries to draw the human figure from the inside out. Osti, using the basic system of line, shape, and form used by da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo, takes readers step-by-step through all the lessons needed in order to master this essential foundation skill. Organized progressively, the book shows readers how to replicate the underlying structure of the body using easy-to-understand scales and ratios; conceptualize the front and side views of the skeleton with basic shapes; add detail with simplified depictions of complex bones and joints; draw a muscle map of the body with volumetric form and realistic dimension; master the feet, hands, and skull to create realistic renderings of the human form; and apply a deeper knowledge of anatomy to finished drawings for more impact.