The Human Figure: A Photographic Reference For Artists

Ruby, Erik A.

ISBN 10: 0442271603 / ISBN 13: 9780442271602

Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1974

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Half title and title page with rust stains on edge. Some light spotting on pictorial hardcover. Spiral bound. 339 images, of all ages and various stages of dress and undress. Seller Inventory # 023084

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Human Figure: A Photographic Reference ...

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company

Publication Date: 1974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good -

Edition: First Edition, First Printing

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Synopsis:

Now you can draw from your own life model anytime you want without paying expensive models' fees! This handy volume contains over 600 detailed anatomical photographs for artists to study and draw from. Subjects included are male and female, and the models range in age from two years old to ninety years old. All together, seventeen different models were photographed, in the most useful and instructive poses for the artist. They are shown clothed and unclothed, full-figure and in closeup, in classical poses and in action, and in a wide variety of views--the standing male and female models, for instance, were photographed from eight different angles in a 360-degree circle. Sections one and two, covering the male and female nude figure, include photographic representation of running, walking, standing, sitting, and reclining, as well as detail studies of head, hands, and feet. Section three shows close-ups of facial expressions: joy, pain, surprise, etc., as well as sequences of expressions such as the transition from slight annoyance to great anger. In this section too are found details of a variety of heads, hands, eyes and noses, mouths, and ears. Section four is composed of photographs of a two-year-old child.