An artist includes and deliberately leaves out aspects of the visual body in order to produce the image he seeks to project. The artistic anatomist studies anatomy from the aspect of the visual appearance of the body, and from this establishes a canon of beauty. A medical anatomist studies anatomy from the aspect of the healthy biological functioning of the body, and then of its malfunctioning. It's worth owning for the cannon of proportions, the discussion on the subject of proportions, and the illustrated plates in the back.but unless you are a big medical/physiology/morphology buff, the rest of the book will likely leave you cold. So, in conclusion, if you're looking for an anatomy book that's heavy on the visual examples and light on the in-depth medical jargon, then this is probably not a title that will be at the top of your list. If you are thinking of purchasing this book, then you must know that 1) the majority of the visual reference material is concentrated in the back of the book, 2) this is not a book on the actual practice of drawing the human form, and 3) the vast majority of this book is composed of detailed medical data and terms. Though this book is widely hailed as a classic, I actually am not too enthusiastic about it. Now Watson-Guptill is proud to reissue this dynamic classic with an anniversary sticker, sure to inspire drawing students well into our century. The English-language edition, first published 35 years ago, brings together the nineteenth century's greatest teacher of artistic anatomy, Paul Richer, and the twentieth century's most renowned teacher of anatomy and figure drawing, Robert Beverly Hale, who translated and edited the book for the modern reader. The original French edition, now a rare collector's item, was published in 1889 and was probably used as a resource by Renoir, Braque, Degas, Bazille, and many others. The English-language edition, first published 35 years ago, brings together the nineteenth century's greates Artistic Anatomy is widely acknowledged to be the greatest book of its kind since the Renaissance.
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