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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Harold Cazneaux - Australian Photographer


These photographs of a figure drawing class were probably taken at the Julian Ashton School in the 1920s.

A copy of the first is for sale at the Josef Lebovic Gallery.

Here is a sampling of his photographs from news.com.au.

Article from vizwiki.com.




Books at Amazon.com

Harold Cazneaux: The quiet observer

Cazneaux

Philip Geeves presents Cazneaux's Sydney, 1904-1934

Harold Cazneaux (Artist in Photography)

Books by Harold Cazneaux including out of print books.

Books about modelling for art.

Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object

Modeling Life: Art Models Speak About Nudity, Sexuality, And the Creative Process


The Artist's Model: From Etty to Spencer


Artists and Models (Pocket Penguins 70's)


Kiki's Paris: Artist and Lovers 1900-1930











The Invention of the Model: Artists and Models in Paris, 1830-1870


Rollover, Mona Lisa!: How Anyone Can Model for Artists
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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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