Human Anatomy for Artists : The Elements of Form, Hardcover by Goldfinger, El...

by Eliot Goldfinger

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Human Anatomy for Artists : The Elements of Form, Hardcover by Goldfinger, Eliot, ISBN 0195052064, ISBN-13 9780195052060, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The power of the image of the nude--the expressivity of the flesh--has inspired artists from the beginning. An understanding of human form is essential for artists to be able to express themselves with the figure. Anatomy makes the figure. Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form is the definitive analytical work on the anatomy of the human figure. No longer will working artists have to search high and low to find the information they need. In this, the most up-to-date and fully illustrated guide available, Eliot Goldfinger--sculptor, illustrator, scientific model-maker, and lecturer on anatomy--presents a single, all-inclusive reference to human form, capturing everything artists need in one convenient volume. Five years in the making, and featuring hundreds of photos and illustrations, this guide offers more views of each bone and muscle than any other book ever published: every structure that creates or influences surface form is individually illustrated in clear, carefully lit photographs and meticulous drawings. Informed by the detailed study of both live models and cadavers, it includes numerous unique presentations of surface structures--such as fat pads, veins, and genitalia--and of some muscles never before photographed. In addition, numerous cross sections, made with reference to CT scans, magnetic re

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 1991
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780195052060
• Condition: Fine

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