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Sunday, December 8, 2013

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Johann Daniel Preissler

Male Proportions

Female Proportions, Studies of the nose, lips and chin
 Studies of a female torso, studies of a male torso

 Males figures

Preissler was a painter and engraver born in 1666 in Nuremberg. He painted mainly portraits and biblical scenes and is now probably best known for his work about life drawing titled, Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic, oder Gründlich-verfasste Reguln (The theory invented by practice, or Multiple-authored Rules). More about him at this post: How to Draw People - Johann Daniel Preissler.

The illustrations here are hand colored and they are for sale on Ebay.

Die Durch Theorie Erfundene Practic, Oder Gründlich Verfasste Reguln, Deren Man Sich Als Einer Anleitung Zu Berühmter Künstlere Zeichen-werken Bestens ... Erster [-vierter] Theil... (German Edition)

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Girard Audran's Proportions of the Human Body



You could buy this rebound folio on human proportion for sale on Ebay for a marked down $1750 -
Les Proportions du Corps Humain Mesurees sur les plus Belles Figures de l'Antiquite By Chez Girard Audran, Gravueur du Roy Bound with Proportions of the Human Body Meausured from the most Beautiful Antique Statues: by Mons. Audran Engraver to the King of France Done from the Originals Engraved in Paris in Twenty Seven large Folio Plates.

Or you could buy a reprint on Amazon:

Gerard Audran's The Proportions of the Human Body

Other posts:Les Proportions du Corps Humain, Les Proportions du Corps Humain, Mesurees sur les plus belles Figures de l'Antiquite

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Jombert/Cochin Proportions of Apollo

 L'Apollon du Vatican 

Apollon de la ville Ludovise

The drawings shown here are for sale on Ebay.

Other works from the drawing book by Jombert  and Cochin are at these links:

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Joseph Emmanuël Gauguin - Apollino

 


An academic drawing of Apollo by Joseph Emmanuël Gauguin. The drawing is likely based on the Apollino cour Carree in the Louvre.

Here's a modern reproduction Hans Effenberger.

The French copies may be based on Giorgio Sommer's sculpture of Apollo in Florence, the Apollino or Medici Apollo (left).

A bronze copy from the 18th century in the Walters Art Museum (right).

The drawing shown here is for sale on Ebay.


There are similar sculptures such as the Lycian Apollo in the Louvre.
Above is an engraving of the sculpture from The George Glazer Gallery, and another view of the sculpture in the Louvre.

The type of Apollo Statue is based on a first century BCE of a sculpted figure with the hand resting on the head. Wikipedia entry about the Lycean Apollo

Another version attributed to Francesco Righetti

The Apollino was one of the sculptures Dr. Schadow used to develop his study of he proportions of ideal heads on Plate 19 in The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Bodyand Lessons on Foreshortening

The Louvre Nude Sculptures (English and French Edition)

The Louvre Sculpture

La Sculpture française (French Edition)

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Jombert/Cochin Proportions of Le Petit Faune de Borghese

 Le Petit Faune de Borghése

The drawings shown here are for sale on Ebay.

A Drawing of Le Petit Faune from the website lesdiagonalesdutemps.com on a page titled Ecole des Beaux Arts, Dessins d'aprés l'antique.

Above is a print which has not been hand colored, it is also for sale on Ebay.

A photo of the sculpture from, Wikipedia