Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg


Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was a founder of Denmark's Golden Age of painting. From 1818 he was a profesor at the Kopenhagener Kunstakademie.

 


In Another Light: Danish Painting in the Nineteenth CenturyRooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
In Another Light: Danish Painting in the Nineteenth Century

Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1783-1853

Fire danske klassikere: Nicolai Abildgaard, Jens Juel, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg og Bertel Thorvaldsen : Nasjonalgalleriet, 15. oktober 1992-10. januar 1993 (Norwegian Edition)

Model Class at the Copenhagen Academy of Art
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, model in the studio

Gustav III's visit to the Royal Danish Academy of the Arts


Another blog - A Polar Bear's Tale.
More works here.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

A New Anatomical Nomenclature, Relating to the Terms Which Are Expressive of Position and Aspect in the Animal System

A New Anatomical Nomenclature, Relating to the Terms Which Are Expressive of Position and Aspect in the Animal System by John Barclay, Edinburgh: Ross and Blackwood; London: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803.

"Plates I. and II. are two outlines of the skeleton in the attitude given by Albinus. They show all the aspects of the trunk and extremities except the dermal and central which are easily understood without any assistance from a figure."

"Plate III. shows the aspects of the head."

"Plate IV. fig. 1. and 3. show how the aspects of the head and trunk correspond..."

View on the Web at the Internet Archive.

An edition for sale on  Ebay.

A New Anatomical Nomenclature, Relating to the Terms Which Are Expressive of Position and Aspect in the Animal System
A New Anatomical Nomenclature, Relating to the Terms Which Are Expressive of Position and Aspect in the Animal System

A New Anatomical Nomenclature, Relating to the Terms Which Are Expressive of Position and Aspect in the Animal System. - Collectors edition

Artistic Anatomy (Practical Art Books)Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form (0)Action Anatomy: For Gamers, Animators, and Digital Artists

Artistic Anatomy (Practical Art Books)

Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form (0)

Action Anatomy: For Gamers, Animators, and Digital Artists

Albinus on AnatomyAn Atlas of Anatomy for ArtistsDynamic Anatomy: Revised and Expanded Edition

Albinus on Anatomy

An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists

Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and Expanded Edition

Saturday, June 18, 2011