Anatomy for the Artist

In "Anatomy for the Artist" acclaimed artist and academic Sarah Simblet unveils the extraordinary construction of the human body and celebrates its continuing prominence in Western Art today. Using superb specially commissioned photographs of male and female models together with historical and contempory works of art and her own illustrations, Sarah shows us how to look inside the human frame to map its muscle groups skeletal strength balance poise and grace.Selected drawings superimposed over photographs reveal fascinating relationships between external appearance and internal structure. Six drawing classes guide the reader to see the human body afresh offering techniques and attitudes that imagiatively show how to observe and draw the skeleton, head, ribcage, pelvis, hands, and feet. By investigating ten Masterworks the author shows the knowledge and ideas of different artists across tie ranging from Holbein's "Christ Entombed" to Edward Hopper's "Hotel Room". Each masterclass presents a photographed model set in the same pose so that anatomical comparisons can be made. Understanding anatomy is often the key to an artist's understanding and interpretation of the body. This imaginative modern reference book will enhance the drawing and painting techniques of artists and every level.

ISBN 0751334413   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780751334418 (What's this?)   Pages 256 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd   Weight (grammes) 1702 Imprint Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd   Published in London Format Hardback   Height (mm) 303 Publication date 28 Sep 2001   Width (mm) 248 Photographer Davies, John   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY 743.4   Academic level General

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