Hailed by teachers, students, and critics for fifty years, this manual presents both action studies and practical diagrams for portraying the human figure in motion and at rest. Anatomical details appear in pragmatic, generalized shapes that simplify identification and reproduction. More than 300 images complement the easy-to-follow text, which includes a valuable survey of art history and magnificent figure drawings by such masters as Michelangelo,...

This book is based on a drawing system that the author developed and has taught for 12 years at New York's School of Visual Arts. Anatomy books usually start students off with the fleshed figure, analyzing its internal and external appearance but offering no specific procedure for drawing it. This system, however, founded on principles and formulas of applied anatomy, enables the student to draw the figure in a step-by-step fashion. We learn first...

Shows the art student the surface forms of the different parts of the human body and how they combine to allow for movement.

Leonardo Da Vinci was the true Renaissance man. As well as an artist and architect, he was also an astronomer, researcher, scientist, experimenter, anatomist, and inventor. This book explains who Leonardo was and why he became such a creative man.

Bridgman's classic, essential guide: 1,000+ drawings and 22 expert lessons on mastering the human figure from every angle Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life combines six well-known books by celebrated artist and lecturer George A. Bridgman, who taught figure and anatomy drawing at New York City's Art Students League. This fifth edition preserves Bridgman's comprehensive, unequalled lessons and original sketches but repackages it with...