This guide to the proportions of the human form is a reformatted reproduction of the famous but hard to find work by Johann Gottfried Shadow. It includes images of plates engraved by John Sutcliffe from the English translation, and images of the original German plates. The original was a huge book, each plate was 24" by 19" for this version the large plates were photographed to reproduce them on a single page, but also reproduced in sections so they can be seen as large as possible. It includes an introduction, a history of the study of human proportion and a description of the plates plus the original German plates reproduced on single pages. Schadow based based his work on the pioneering work of the Greek Sculptor Polycletus who both wrote a treatise on human proportion and sculpted a figure to illustrate his work. Polycletus was among the creators of classical Greek sculpture, famous for his naturalism.

The Art Student's Guide To The Proportions Of The Human Form

Arts & Photography

Richardson, Tom

Drawing

Tom Richardson

This book of prints of the human head, showing the range of emotions and expressions, were engraved by the most skilled artists of the day from tracings and drawings made by Nicholas Dorigny from the famous cartoons that Raphael designed in the early 1500s to be made into tapestries for the Sistine Chapel.

The School of Raphael: The Student's Guide to Expression in Historical Painting

Dorigny, Nicholas

Ralph, Benjamin

This book is one of two that are based on the pioneering anatomical plates for art students first published by Doctor Julien Fau. They have similar plates from two sources. This full color edition titled The Art Students guide to the External Forms of Man is a republished edition of the color plates from The Anatomy of the External Forms of Man, Intended for the Use of Artists, Painters and Sculptors by Doctor J. Fau.

The Art Student's Guide to External Anatomy

Fau, Dr. Julien

In 1683 Gérard Audran published a work entitled "Les Proportions du corps humain mesurés sur les plus belles figures de l'antiquité." The illustrations are of the most famous antique sculptures with careful measurements of each. This book reviews that work from the perspective of his contemporaries and subsequent commentators and translates his words into English as well as reprinting his original plates for the modern student, and providing some additional illustrations which help you to enjoy the plates on proportion.

Gerard Audran's The Proportions of the Human Body

History & Criticism

With 80 Plates Originally Published between 1828 and 1855 In the nineteenth century students who did not have access to plaster casts and teachers who wished for a course of instruction turned to copy books for drawing lessons. They were popular and many authors produced versions either for use in schools or for learning at home. This book combines examples from seven different books. The selections focus on those sections of the books devoted to drawing the human figure. The books include: Buchanan's Initiatory Drawing Lessons The Illustrated Drawing Book The Young Artists Assistant in the Art of Drawing A Guide to Figure Drawing Oxford Drawing Book Drawing Lessons for Family and School Systematische Zeichen Schüle

How to Draw People: Using Early Copy Books

A Sketchbook by A Victorian Artist of Drawings and Watercolors - In Forty Eight Plates. This rediscovered sketchbook from the 1890s shows an artist of skill and sensitivity observing the world with sketches and watercolors of people, birds, animals and the landscape. It is an interesting view into the time and a useful guide for students of drawing and painting.

Victorian Sketches: A Victorian Sketchbook by an Unknown Artist

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