Animal Anatomy for Artists：The Elements of Form

图书标准信息

• 作者 Eliot Goldfinger 著
• 出版社 Oxford University Press, USA
• 出版时间 2004-11
• ISBN 9780195142143
• 定价 595.30元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 256页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FromtheauthoroftheclassicHumanAnatomyforArtistscomesthisuser-friendlyreferenceguidefeaturingoverfivehundredoriginaldrawingsandoverseventyphotographs.Designedforpainters,sculptors,andillustratorswhouseanimalimageryintheirwork,AnimalAnatomyforArtistsoffersthorough,in-depthinformationaboutthemostcommonlydepictedanimals,presentedinalogicalandeasilyunderstoodformatforartists--whetherbeginneroraccomplishedprofessional.Thebookfocusesontheformscreatedbymusclesandbones,givingartistsacrucialthree-dimensionalunderstandingofthefinal,complexoutersurfaceoftheanimal.Goldfingernotonlycoverstheanatomyofthemorecommonanimals,suchasthehorse,dog,cat,cow,pig,squirrel,andrabbit,butalsotheanatomyofnumerouswildspecies,includingthelion,giraffe,deer,hippopotamus,rhinoceros,elephant,gorilla,sealion,andbear.Includedaredrawingsofskeletonsandhowtheymoveatthejoints,individualmusclesshowingtheirattachmentsontheskeleton,musclesoftheentireanimal,crosssections,photographsofliveanimals,andsilhouettesofrelatedanimalscomparingtheirshapesandproportions.Heoffersanewandinnovativesectiononthebasicbodyplanoffour-leggedanimals,givingthereaderacrucialconceptualunderstandingofoverallanimalstructuretowhichthedetailsofindividualanimalscanthenbeapplied.Thechapteronbirdscoverstheskeleton,musclesandfeatherpatterns.Theappendixpresentsphotographsofskullswithmagnificenthornsandantlersandasectiononmajorsurfaceveins.Incrediblythorough,packedwithessentialinformation,AnimalAnatomyforArtistsisadefinitivereferencework,anessentialbookforeveryonewhodepictsanimalsintheirart.

【作者简介】

EliotGoldfingerisarenownedsculptorandanatomist.HedevelopedtheanatomyprogramatTheNewYorkAcademyofArtandhasbeenaninstructoratTheArtStudentsLeagueinNewYorkCity.HeistheauthorofHumanAnatomyforArtists,thestandardrefe