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    Anatomy and Drawing
    Anatomy and Drawing
    Anatomy and Drawing
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    Anatomy and Drawing

    By Victor Perard

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    "It's like having an anatomy book at your fingertips." — Collectors' Corner
    This instructive book presents excellent annotated line drawings of anatomical structure for the beginning artist. Explaining the subject in simple terms and with an extensive series of dynamic illustrations, the author identifies parts of the body and demonstrates a wide array of physical activities through his sketches.
    Following notes on proportion and drawing, chapters cover the human skeleton, head and neck, torso, arm, hand, leg, foot, and musculature. Numerous illustrations depict various views of these structures, movements of the human figure, as well as changes in the relative proportions of features at different ages.
    One of the best books in its field, Anatomy and Drawing helps demystify a complex subject by enabling students to visualize the muscles and bones under the skin, and covers just about everything a beginner needs to know about drawing the human anatomy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateMar 8, 2012
    ISBN9780486141770
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      Anatomy and Drawing - Victor Perard

      Bibliographical Note

      This Dover edition, first published in 2004, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Pitman Publishing Corporation, New York, 1955.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Pérard, Victor Semon, 1870–1957.

      Anatomy and drawing / by Victor Perard.—Dover ed. p. cm.

      Originally published: 4th ed. New York : Pitman Pub. Corp., 1955.

      9780486141770

      1. Anatomy, Artistic. 2. Human figure in art. 3. Drawing—Technique. I. Title.

      NC760.P4 2004

      743.4’9—dc22

      2003070027

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501

      Dedicated to my wife

      Ernestine Perard

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Dedication

      PREFACE TO THE FOLIRTH EDITION

      Preface

      NOTES ON PROPORTION

      PART ONE - PROPORTION and DRAWING

      METHOD OF DRAWING - From Life or from the Cast

      PART TWO - THE SKELETON

      PART THREE - THE HEAD and NECK

      PART FOUR - THE TORSO

      PART FIVE - THE ARM

      PART SIX - THE HAND

      PART SEVEN - THE LEG

      PART EIGHT - THE FOOT

      PART NINE - THE ECORCHE AND MUSCLES OF THE BODY

      Dover Books on Art and Art History

      Art Instruction

      PREFACE TO THE FOLIRTH EDITION

      It has long been known that the study of anatomy leads to the appreciation of form and beauty in art. The human figure is particularly rewarding for study. It has simplicity and beauty of form. It is so balanced and proportioned that it can do much with little effort.

      For these reasons, human anatomy is taught in schools of fine arts throughout the world.

      The student who buys a book on drawing anatomy needs to have this important subject explained to him as simply as possible.

      This Fourth Edition of ANATOMY AND DRAWING, including new material on the muscles, has been prepared from this point of view. The human figure is presented in a series of simple diagrams from which all but the necessary naming of parts and actions, has been stripped. The wording is printed in clear juxtaposition to the identified body parts. Skeleton figures or quick body sketches demonstrate actions.

      Throughout the book, I have kept the text to the essential minimum and have adhered to the wisdom of the saying, One picture is worth a thousand words.

      SEPTEMBER I955

      VICTOR PERARD

      PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

      The purpose of this book is to present in a simple and direct manner the subject of anatomy as it is applied to Art. As little text

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