An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists

Fritz Schider

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9780486315652
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art Techniques

This new and enlarged third edition contains a new section on hands, selected by Heidi Lenssen; a wide selection of illustrations from the works of Vesalius, Leonardo, Goya, Ingres, Michelangelo, and others, newly augmented with 10 plates from Cloquet's `Anatomie de l'Homme` and 16 illustrations from Boscay's `Anatomy`; 28 photographs of growing children from the research work of Nancy Bayley, plus 6 action studies (each consisting of about 30 photographs) from Muybridge; a bibliography compiled by Adolph Placzek; a total of more than 350 illustrations, showing the placement, function, and characteristics of every anatomical detail of importance to the artist.
For more than forty years, this book has been recognized as the most thorough reference work on art anatomy in the world. Now, it recommends itself even more strongly to the serious artist as an important study aid. Among its features are: (1) Clear, systematic presentation, taking the student step by step from the simpler skeletal drawings at the beginning to the more complicated body-in-action sketches at the end. (2) The juxtaposition of anatomical drawings and life photographs, making it easy to compare the inner structure of the body with its outer form. (3) Cross-section drawings that give the artist a thorough understanding of the relation of the muscles to each other, to the bone structure, and to the internal organs of the body. (4) Anatomical action drawings that reveal the interplay of muscles and skeleton in different positions. (5) The comparative proportions of the male, female, child, and adolescent. (6) A supplementary text on important features of each anatomical position, including the action of the muscles and their origin.
`I recommend Fritz Schider's Atlas of Anatomy for Artists to those who wish to increase their understanding of the human figure.` — Robert Beverly Hale, Lecturer on Anatomy, Art Students League of New York. Adopted by Pratt Institute, Cleveland School of Art, Art Students League of New York, and others.

PLATES

Fig. 1
ANTERIOR VIEW

Fig. 2
LATERAL VIEW

PLATE 1

THE SKELETON

PLATE 2

POSTERIOR VIEW OF THE SKELETON

Fig. 1
HUMERUS (arm bone)

Fig. 2
FEMUR (thigh bone)

Fig. 3
TIBIA (leg bone)

Fig. 4
INNOMINATE BONE

Fig. 5
SECTION OF A LONG BONE

PLATE 3

TYPES OF BONES

Fig. 1
CAPSULE OF THE SHOULDER JOINT

Fig. 2
BALL AND SOCKET JOINT

Fig. 3
JOINT OF A FINGER

Fig. 4
COMBINED JOINT

Fig. 5

PLATE 4

TYPES OF JOINTS

PLATE 5

SCHEMATIC CROSS-SECTION THROUGH A JOINT (HIP JOINT)

Fig. 1
EXTERNAL VIEW OF THE BASE OF THE SKULL

Fig. 2
ANTERIOR VIEW OF SKULL

PLATE 6

THE SKULL

Fig. 1
SKULL OF NEWBORN (viewed from above)

Fig. 2
SKULL OF A NEWBORN (viewed from the left side)

Fig. 3
SENILE SKULL

Fig. 4
SKULL OF AVERAGE LENGTH

Fig. 5
SHORT SKULL

Fig. 6
LONG SKULL

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