In the early 1900s Aurora Studios, a Boston Photography Studio published a portfolio of photographs designed for the use of artists. One series was published in 1913 and another in 1914. The models were in various stages of dress.
These photographs and others might have influenced Albert Arthur Allen to make his 1923 portfolio.
Giambattista della Porta was an Italian Scholar in the 16th and 17th century who wrote a book titled De Humana Physiognomonia. One of his contributions was a study of physiognomy which was the basis for later theories. Among the people he influenced was Johann Caspar Lavater.
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 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
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 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 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
A new edition of Louis Bail's method of learning to draw the head. Amazon.com