skip to main | skip to sidebar

Figure Drawing

Notes, Illustrations and Books about Life Drawing
and the Proportions of the Human Form.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

How to Draw the figure in Action - De Arte Gymnastica - Hieronymi Mercurialis





De Arte gymnastica libri 6 by Hieronymus Mercurialis (or Girolamo Mercuriale) was the earliest illustrated book on sports medicine.  An edition for sale on  Ebay. Another book and prints removed from the book on  Ebay.

Google books version.

De Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex: In Quibus Exercitationum Omnium Vetustarum Genera, Loca, Modi, Faculates, & Quidquid Denique Ad Corporis Humani Exercitationes Pertinet, Diligenter Explicatur

De Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex, in quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum genera, loca, modi, faculates, & quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur.

De arte gymnastica libri sex . . . editio novissima.

De arte gymnastica: Libri Sex : twenty-two woodcuts (Northridge facsimile series)
at 4:51 PM Labels: figure in action, muscular action

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Link to my Art

  • Saatchiart.com
  • figure-drawings.com
  • figuredrawings.com
  • tumblr
  • Instagram

Search This Blog

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

Followers

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

Links to Figure-Drawings.com sites

  • Figure Drawings in Color
  • Life Drawing - Croquis de Pierre Lissac
  • Amazon Author Page for Figure-Drawings Books
  • Figure Drawing Books at Lulu.com
  • How to Draw the Human Figure
  • Human Proportions at Tumblr
Tom Richardson. Powered by Blogger.
 

Blog Archive

  • ►  2025 (2)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (1)
  • ►  2023 (2)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2022 (9)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  March (6)
  • ►  2021 (9)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ►  March (4)
  • ►  2020 (11)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  February (8)
  • ►  2019 (8)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (1)
  • ►  2018 (9)
    • ►  November (3)
    • ►  October (6)
  • ►  2016 (4)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  March (2)
  • ►  2015 (1)
    • ►  October (1)
  • ►  2014 (6)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2013 (57)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (8)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (5)
    • ►  August (3)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (6)
    • ►  April (6)
    • ►  March (4)
    • ►  February (8)
    • ►  January (8)
  • ►  2012 (72)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  October (6)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (8)
    • ►  May (9)
    • ►  April (6)
    • ►  March (10)
    • ►  February (13)
    • ►  January (8)
  • ▼  2011 (98)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  November (5)
    • ►  October (7)
    • ►  September (9)
    • ►  August (7)
    • ▼  July (12)
      • Henry Shaw - 1920s Life Studies for Artists
      • Art Models 6: The Female Figure in Shadow and Light
      • How to Draw the Muscles of the Human Body
      • Arthur Momand - Figure Drawings
      • How to Draw Necks and Backs
      • Louis Priscilla - Figure Drawings
      • Virgil Finlay - Figures
      • How to Draw the figure in Action - De Arte Gymnast...
      • Naturalism in Greek Sculpture
      • Red, White and Blue
      • How Artists use Photographs
      • The Proportions of the Human Figure by Joseph Bonomi
    • ►  June (9)
    • ►  May (6)
    • ►  April (9)
    • ►  March (7)
    • ►  February (7)
    • ►  January (9)
  • ►  2010 (129)
    • ►  December (12)
    • ►  November (11)
    • ►  October (15)
    • ►  September (11)
    • ►  August (6)
    • ►  July (9)
    • ►  June (9)
    • ►  May (12)
    • ►  April (15)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (15)
    • ►  January (8)
  • ►  2009 (111)
    • ►  December (10)
    • ►  November (11)
    • ►  October (13)
    • ►  September (8)
    • ►  August (10)
    • ►  July (5)
    • ►  June (6)
    • ►  May (8)
    • ►  April (9)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (8)
    • ►  January (17)
  • ►  2008 (83)
    • ►  December (10)
    • ►  November (18)
    • ►  October (15)
    • ►  September (10)
    • ►  August (13)
    • ►  July (5)
    • ►  June (4)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2007 (2)
    • ►  December (2)

Popular Posts this Week

  • Foreshortening - The Figure in Perspective
    Engraving of the human body in perspective by C. Cornelius after a sculpture by Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) title The Betrayers: Icaru...
  • How to Draw People - Johann Daniel Preissler
    Johann Daniel Preissler was a painter and engraver born in 1666 in Nuremberg, the city to which his family moved from Bohemia after the thir...
  • How to Draw a Foot
    These are two more images from The Art of Figure Drawing by Thomas H. Maguire. Mr. Maguire was an accomplished portrait artist...
  • Eric Beddows Illustrator
    Ken Nutt, who creates illustrations under the name Eric Beddows bought a copy of The Art Student's Guide to the Proportions of the Hum...
  • How to draw a Skeleton - Bilderbuch fur Kinder
    This is a print from a reference book for children published around 1800, Bilderbuch fur Kinder by F. J. BERTUCH, was a popular reference ...
  • Pin Up Artist and Model Zoe Mozert
    Zoe Mozert was both a pin up artist and a model for the genre. She was born Alice Adelaide Moser and studied with Howard Pyle. She moved...
  • Chinese Artist Yang Fei-Yun
    Chinese figure artist Yang Fei-Yun usually paints his wife. Here's a link to an article from ChinaDaily that says the crowds at his ...
  • Academic Drawings - The Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Paris - Drawing from Life
    A few typical academic nude drawings from the 19th century. Pierre Miciol was the first co-president of the Société Lyonnaise des Beaux A...
  • New Art Models Book from Maureen Johnson and Douglas Johnson
    Art Models 6: The Female Figure in Shadow and Light (Art Models series) The new book has more dramatic lighting, two primary poses...
  • Delacroix and photography
    In the first part of 2009 the Musée national Eugène Delacroix , 6, rue de Furstemberg, 75006 Paris held an exhibition devoted to collectin...