Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66260 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

About the Author
Sarah Simblet is an artist and academic specialising in anatomy. She has a studio in Oxford and holds the positions of Tutor in Drawing in the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, and Visiting Lecturer in the Royal College of Art, London.

Customer Reviews

An invaluable reference guide
After many years of looking for a really useful reference book of the human anatomy I have finally found an excellently produced publication. Anatomy for the Artist by Sarah Simblet is the next best thing to having a model in front of you. The book is full of excellent photographs of well chosen models and the inclusion of illustrations of bones and muscles on simulator paper over the photos is very useful. I only wish that this book Amazon's January sale as I'd like to buy another ten copies for all my artist friends! I would be pleased to know if the author has done a similar book on the anatomy of animals.

great pictures, usefull book
I think the pictures are a great help in understanding of the human body and why things looks like they do.
It has fantastic photos and great illustrations focusing on different parts of the body.

I'm very pleased with the book.

nearly but not quite
as a modeller working in the computer environment im constantly on the lookout for anatomical referance to help my work retain a believable quality. i was impressed with the photo overlays in the book but wish that they had pushed this feature further with more overlays of the muscles under the skin, in particular the muscles in action. there seamed to be plenty of opportunities to do this. it is a lovely book and shall remain on my coffe table, but unfortunatly not on my referance shelf.

howard sly
3D artist
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