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Friday, September 24, 2010

Academic Nude Drawing




This drawing executed in 1820 is for sale on Ebay.

Life Class: The Academic Male Nude 1820-1920

Drawing Lessons : Early Academic Drawings from the Art Students League of New York

English 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite and Academic - Drawings, Watercolours, Graphics and Paintings

The Human Form: Contemporary American Figure Drawing and the Academic Tradition

The academic tradition: An exhibition of nineteenth-century French drawings

Francois Baillairge (1759-1830): A portfolio of academic drawings, : Concordia Art Gallery, February 20-March 23, 1985
at 8:58 PM Labels: academic drawing, figure drawing

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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
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

The Student's Guide to Expression in Historical Painting
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

Gerard Audran's The Proportions of the Human Body
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

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

The Human Head

The Human Head
A new edition of Louis Bail's method of learning to draw the head. Amazon.com

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