Anatomy Lessons From the Great Masters: 100 Great Figure Drawings Analyzed

by Robert Beverly Hale, Terence Coyle

Overview

This classic book, whose foremost author was one of the great artistic anatomy teachers of the twentieth century, is an invaluable instructor and reference guide for any professional, amateur, or student artist who depicts the human form.

Revealing the drawing principles behind one hundred inspiring masterpieces, the book presents work by Leonardo, Michelangelo, Rubens, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, and other greats. These superb portrayers of figures knew that the secret of drawing them was seeing how underlying bone and muscle structures mold the body’s surface forms. Readers are shown how to learn from these great examples as the authors guide them through all the steps they would take in a life class or studio working with live models.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823002818
Publisher:	Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Publication date:	10/01/2000
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	386,527
Product dimensions:	8.42(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

Robert Beverly Hale was America’s best-known teacher of figure/anatomy drawing during his long years as an instructor at the Art Students League and other fine institutions. The late master also curated American paintings and sculpture for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Terence Coyle, an artist and respected teacher whose work is exhibited often and included in many notable collections, homes in New York and Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

Readers will be guided through basic drawing principles and the human form with exercises modeled after well-known old masterpieces, including works by Leonardo, Rembrandt, and Michelangelo.

Library Journal