| View Larger Image | Artistic Anatomy (Practical Art Books) | Paperbackby Dr. Paul Richer (Author), Robert Beverly Hale (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Watson-Guptill | | Edition: | 35 Rep Anvth Edition | | Page Count: | 256 Pages | | Publication Date: | February 01, 1986 | | Sales Rank: | 127,921th |
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Product Description
Now a rare collector's item, the original French edition of this famous text on anatomy for artists was first published in 1889. Renowned figure drawing teacher Paul Richer (1849-1933) describes the structure of the human body with scientific accuracy but selects only those facts which will provide the artist with the information needed to represent the form. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 16 reviews)
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Good scale drawings by Roy E. Oetting  4 Stars
June 21, 2009
I like the scale drawings. This book has helped substantially with the 1/3 size maquette I am sculpting. It is a good reference. Just what I wanted.
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more than I needed to know by MEB (Las Vegas)  2 Stars
December 28, 2007
Way more technical than the anatomy I took for nursing. I can't think of why I would need to know the Greek and Latin names for bones and muscles to paint or draw them. I felt like I needed a terminology class to read the book. I was disappointed. Due to the name I thought it would be a lot more visual, very dry and laborious to read. I felt like the author(s) were flaunting their knowledge of the subject more than trying to teach artists the relevance of anatomy. I like Gray's anatomy much better
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great material flawed layout by Rufus Alabaster (NY) 4 Stars
May 12, 2007
This is a classic anatomical text. The drawings in this book are scientifically accurate and elegantly interpreted. As opposed to Peck's Atlas of anatomy where the plates are quite clunky.
The only qualm I have with this book is the fact that the text portion is difficult to use in conjunction with the illustrations. One needs to constantly flip back and forth from the plates to the text. One way to get around this is to photo copy the text portion and have it as a seperate pamphlet to refer to. One thing the Peck book has that would have been useful in this would have been a table of muscle origin and insertion points but since Dr.Richer is long since passed on I dont think that will happen.
For the serious student of Anatomy this is required reading...and dont forget to draw all of the plates either.
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An outstanding pairing perfect for contemporary artists. by Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)  5 Stars
May 12, 2007
Any artist working in illustration and any art library or general-interest holding strong in art instruction must have ARTISTIC ANATOMY on hand: it appears here in a new 35th Anniversary Edition, translated by Robert Beverly Hale, and is still considered one of the finest works on anatomy for artists since the Renaissance. Its original edition first appeared in 1889: the new English edition brings together the 19th century teacher Dr. Paul Richter and today's anatomy teacher Robert Beverly Hale. An outstanding pairing perfect for contemporary artists.
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THE BIBLE OF ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS by W. Johnson (Knoxville, TN United States) 5 Stars
April 06, 2007
I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS WE ALL DO WHO DRAW, THAT THERE'S NO ONE STOP SHOP BOOK FOR ANYTHING REALLY. BUT IF YOU WANT TO LEARN ANATOMY; I MEAN REALLY LEARN (NOT JUST SOME SHORTCUTS AND TIPS), THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOUR. CAUTION, STUDY IS REQUIRED...SERIOUS ARTISTS ONLY.
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