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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Lorenz Oken


 Lorenz Oken, born in 1779, was a German naturalist. He produced the sevn volumns of "Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände"between 1839 and 1841.

Wikipedia article.
Elements of physiophilosophy By Lorenz Oken

Lorenz Oken, a biographical sketch By Alexander Ecker, Lorenz Oken, Alfred Tulk

Lorenz Oken Und Sein Verhältniss Zur Modernen Entwickelungslehre: Ein Beitrag Zur Geschichte Der Naturphilosophie (German Edition)
Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande: -7.Bd. Thierreich. (4 v. in 8)

Lorenz Oken (1779 - 1851). Ein politischer Naturphilosoph.
Lorenz Oken (1779 - 1851). Ein politischer Naturphilosoph.
Lorenz Oken: A biographical sketch, or "In memoriam" of the centenary of his birth, read before the fifty-second meeting of the German association for ... science at Baden-Baden, September 20, 1879,
Lorenz Oken, a Biographical Sketch, Or, "in Memoriam" of the Centenary of His Birth
Lorenz Oken, a Biographical Sketch; Or "in Memoriam" of the Centenary of His Birth, Read Before the Fifty-Second Meeting of the German
Lorenz Oken, A Biographical Sketch
Lorenz Oken, A Biographical Sketch
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The Art Student's Guide to the Proportions of the Human Form
The Art Student's Guide to the Proportions of the Human Form A republication of Dr. Gottfried Schadow's famous work in which thirty plates demonstrate the proportions of the human form. It is based on the pioneering work of the Greek Sculptor Polycletus. Amazon.com

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The Student's Guide to Expression in Historical Painting

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The School of Raphael- Wonderful engravings by Nicholas Dorigny after Raphael's famous designs for the story of early Christianity for the Sistine Chapel, the heads of the figures are used to demonstrate the range of human expressions. Amazon.com

Gerard Audran's The Proportions of the Human Body

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In 1683 Gerard Audran produced Les Proportions du Corps Humain which was a careful rendition of the famous statues of antiquity including careful measurements of each. Amazon.com

The Art Student's Guide To External Anatomy

The Art Student's Guide To External Anatomy
The Art Student's Guide to External Anatomy A republished edition of Dr. Fau's book which was in wide circulation with as many as ten editions in different languages and used by almost every art student in Europe in the mid nineteenth century. The book is in full color. Amazon.com

The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body

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The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body and Lessons on Foreshortening a republication of the 1892 edition based on Dr. Schadows original 1830 guide for his students. Amazon.com.

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