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| The Artist's Guide to Human Anatomy | 
 enlarge | Author: Gottfried Bammes
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 204363
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 0486436411
Dewey Decimal Number: 743.49
EAN: 9780486436418
ASIN: 0486436411
Publication Date: September 17, 2004
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Product Description
Profusely illustrated book by master of the subject offers complete course in transforming the study of anatomy into art. Each stage progresses logically through the body's main areas — trunk, limbs, head, and features. Scores of drawings by painters, graphic artists, sculptors, art teachers, and students. 55 figures in color; 141 in black and white.
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This Book needs a new title and otherwise would be perfect October 1, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I'd have to say this book isn't another "How To" in terms of the basics of learning anatomy. This book is best described as a "Coursework Guide to Anatomy" the misleading title may make you think this is yet another basic how to draw that you see in other books. What this book does is something I really haven't see much in other books and puts it together in a really good outline that if you were a student studying the human form in a year, these are the projects you do to learn the figure through and through.
The first section shows first semester students studying proportion. It is done in a combination of cut outs and paint strokes. Sketches were done to get the student familiar with the proportion rather than anatomic details.
The focus turns to contrapposto, the physics of how the body shifts the pelvis and weight to regain its center of gravity while standing.
The book then shifts on focusing on individual parts of the anatomy before working the body as a whole.
Favorite parts of this book has to do with making various bone structures into geometric shapes and planes. It gives a better understanding on how to construct the skull and the planes of the face, and the shoulder and pelvis.
This book is a MUST have with any anatomy book that is usually recommended. The various course guides really are inspirational and ingenious as to how to learn the figure.
I really love the print quality of the book as well. Nice glossy paper and great demonstrations from other students in how to learn the figure.
The drawback is that the author seems to have picked up the thesaurus a bit much and could have offered more clear writing for the beginner since the book says this is good for beginners too.
This book will probably become one of my "Tier 3" books I'd say one has to get to learn figure drawing. 1. Constructive Anatomy 2. (A good artistic guide to Anatomy and Figure drawing) 3. This book.
This was definitely worth the purchase!
 Great 2nd anatomy book to those with a main one! April 11, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this book for the study of the different styles of human anatomy. This book is a great complement to Constructive Anatomy or Artistic Anatomy. Excellent!
 pretty good October 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
paperback book, some useful information on anatomy. Not as concise as I thought it would be.
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