Explains how to draw anatomy, focusing on the bones and muscles that affect form, and covering the use of perspective on the body, foreshortening and diminution, and methods of self-checking proportions.
Describes the anatomical drawing principles used in one hundred masterpieces by artists such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Rubens, Raphael, Titian, and Rembrandt.
the anatomical structure & mechanism of the human body
Bridgman, George Brant
1972
An anatomical approach to figure drawing in which text descriptions and more than four hundred drawings present the many parts of the human body and illustrate the way they move.
Illustrations and text provide instructions for drawing the human figure from life, discussing balance, light and shade, proportion, and many other topics.
