Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Frederic Taubes - Human Anatomy

Frederic Taubes Drawing and as printed in the book.

 The book's cover and an illustration of human proportions from the book.

Frederic Taubes published his book, Human Body: Aspects of Pictorial Anatomy, in 1974. An original drawing from the book is for sale on Ebay. Other books and works related to Frederic Taubes are also for sale on Ebay.

 Primavera by Frederic Taubes, and Nude by Frederic Taubes

Young Girl by Frederic Taubes

Anatomy for Artists

The Quickest Way to Draw Well (Penguin Handbooks)

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Der männliche Körper - Hans Crämer; Franz Kotzian

Male Anatomy

Chromolithographs from Der Männliche Körper by  Hans Crämer; Franz Kotzian. WorldCat entry. Copy for sale at antiquariet.de.

Published in 1927 The Human Body in anatomical tables and folding models. 26 Chromolithographic plates.Cover illustration. Esslingen and Munich, Schreiber O.J.

The book is for sale on Ebay.

Female Anatomy

Female Anatomy



Saturday, March 3, 2012

French Academic Drawings of Casts


Two drawings from casts sale on Ebay. The drawing of plaster casts on figures was the accepted method to beginto learn to draw the figure in 19th century art schools. The Figure on the left is Dionysus. on the right Apollo. Compare the drawings with an orignal Dionysus in the Louvre, and compare the Apollo with the drawing Apollon dit L'Adonis by Chatillon and the engraving of the statue from the Louvre by Henri-Guillaume Chatillon fom the book written by Duchesne Aine from Musée Francais; Recueil Des Plus Beaux Tableaux, Statues, et Bas-Reliefs Qui Existaient Au Louvre Avant 1815. The images of Apollo are from the George Glazer Gallery.


Related posts: How to Draw - Drawing from CastsAcademic Drawings - The Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Paris - Drawing from LifePrints from Jean Duchesne Aine’s Musee Francais.


Cast Drawing Using the Sight-Size Approach

Model Drawing and Shading From Casts: A Complete Guide to the Elementary and Advanced Examinations in These Subjects [1896]

An Elementary Course in Free Hand Geometrical Drawing

Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Excellency of the Pen & Pencil







The Excellency of the Pen & Pencil was published anonymously in 1668 by Ratcliff and Daniel for Newman and Jones. It is largely a translation of the works of Albrecht Durer and Holbein and Lomantius.

About the book at Princeton University Library's website. Read online at the Internet Archive. An original copy is for sale on Ebay.

The excellency of the pen and pencil exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning, ... (1688)