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Title: The Human Figure by John H. Vanderpoel ISBN: 0-486-20432-4 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1958 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not for everyone
Comment: Nelson Shanks refers to the illustrations of this book as examples of simplifying the human form into patterns of light and dark. While the illustrations do accomplish this, the book is by no means a reference manual for rendering the human body. Also, most of the illustrations appear washed out in my copy of this book. If you are interested in beautiful examples of sensitive charcole renderings of the human figure, this book is outstanding. If you want a visual reference work on the under-structures of the human form, you can find better books than this one.
For anatomical reference, I highly recommend: "Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life" by George B. Bridgman, and "The Human Figure: An Anatomy for Artists" by David K. Rubins.
Rating: 4
Summary: A must buy!
Comment: One of the best books ever written or drawn! If you have the time, patience, and intelligence to read the text, you'll find some of the best advice ever written on figure drawing. Vanderpoel approaches it from an academic point of view. Pointing out the major body forms and planes. He shows the student how to look for the most important things. This is not an anatomy book but an approach to the human figure concieved as a three dimensional object in space. Read it! I promise you that you can benefit by this method of thinking!
Rating: 5
Summary: Small but eloquent...
Comment: This is an elegant, eloquent little book. I'm a professional illustrator and sculptor, from a family of artists, and I find this small book stands out among the many references available.
It has a graciousness about it, not merely addressing anatomy, but giving a graceful translation of form.
I think it's good to have a number of references, and this is one I wouldn't do without!
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Title: Heads, Features and Faces by George Bridgman ISBN: 0486227081 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1974 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary Perspective on the Classical Tradition by Anthony Ryder ISBN: 0823003035 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Bridgman's Life Drawing by George B. Bridgman ISBN: 0486227103 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1971 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Constructive Anatomy by George Bridgman ISBN: 0486211045 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1973 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Figures in Action (How to Draw and Paint series #191) by Andrew Loomis ISBN: 1560100095 Publisher: Walter Foster Pub Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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