Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form

Too much in detail. Very good visual quality of figures Good to have for artists and medical students

Human anatomy at its best

It's a well written book. I loved it throughly. The only thing I wish it had was more pictures next to the text

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An amazing book with exhaustive and complete reference of muscles, not for the beginner and not to be intended as the only anatomy book you will read. It is a book that you grab after having read a section of a more general artistic anatomy book to further investigate the human form and the underlying structure. Nontheless it contains a useful section on bones and it provides clear scheme-like illustration to explain shapes and functions, and the text is clear and while being technical it's not intimidating or obscure.

This book is a reference guide to the human anatomy for artists. The approach here is a part-by-part look at the different section of the body. Each area focused has illustrated muscles and bones with accompanying photo of a model by the side. We can clearly see where different layers of muscles are attached to the bones The photo reference is very useful and provides clarity than using illustrations alone. The downside is the author isolates the parts too much. If the topic is on the arm, only the arm is shown with very little of the shoulder. Amazingly, there are no full body illustration showing the muscles. The only full body illustrations show the schematic form, e.g. muscle boundaries. So while every part is explained and illustrated well, it's still a bit difficult to get the whole picture. Most of the examples are static. The body is not doing anything. Again, it's hard to see how the body really works when place in different positions like walking, sitting or twisting. Well, this is a reference book, for bodies in different positions, it's better to get a figure drawing book that focuses on poses and gesture drawing. Also, a great bulk of the examples are for male bodies. It would have been perfect if more female bodies were included for comparison. The accompanying text is comprehensive in explaining the structure and how the parts work. Ultimately, this is a very useful reference guide for any artists who wish to look up any part of the body. It's recommended for beginner to advanced artists. 4.5 out of 5 stars. (More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

Très précis et très complet. Montre le corps sous toutes ses faces. Le modèle a une musculature parfaite pour qu'on puisse voir le détail des muscles, Mon professeur de sculpture l'a également jugé utile.

解剖書は１冊では無理。無限の人体変化を伴うので。さまざまの書を自家薬籠、自分のものにしなければ ならない。といった点で、この書は主要な図として人体の断面、切断面を腕なら腕をＡ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄと区切って表している。 実は切断面ごとの図が、この図解が画家にとって最後の筋肉収縮伸長、骨の形状、接続を理解する最終の難関なので、切断面を つないでいく流線が人体の外郭線でありその表現の帰結、頭脳がデッサン画家の優秀度の基準であると 考える。最高の五つ星を与えて、さらに無限の乗数を、評価を与えよう。