Essentials of anatomy
This course on Saturday afternoons at the Julian Ashton Art School covers all aspects of human anatomy relevant to the artist in a cycle of four 10-week terms over the course of the year. Students may begin the cycle in any term, but should preferably have a sound grasp of the basic head, rib cage and pelvis masses, for example by completing a term of the Beginning Life Drawing course on Saturday mornings. A life model is present in every class, and each class typically consists of a bracket of gesture poses, a lecture demonstration referring to the model, skeleton, flayed figure, and master drawings, and one or more long poses.
For class dates and enrollment information, please see this page.
Suggested text
Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist
Stephen Rogers Peck
http://www.bookdepository.com/Atlas-Human-Anatomy-for-Artist-Stephen-Rogers-Peck/9780195030952
Other recommended references
Artistic Anatomy
Paul Richer, Translated by Robert Beverly Hale.
http://www.bookdepository.com/Artistic-Anatomy-Paul-Richer/9780823002979
New Artistic Anatomy: Female Morphology
Paul Richer, Translated by Allana M Benham
https://www.bookdepository.com/New-Artistic-Anatomy-Dr-Paul-Richer/9780994731302
Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
Robert Beverly Hale
http://www.bookdepository.com/Drawing-Lessons-from-Great-Masters-Robert-Beverly-Hale/9780823014019
Figure Drawing for All it's Worth
Andrew Loomis
https://archive.org/details/Andrew_Loomis_Figure_Draw (read online/pdf)
http://www.bookdepository.com/Figure-Drawing-for-All-its-Worth-Andrew-Loomis/9780857680983
Drawing the Head and Hands
Andrew Loomis
https://archive.org/details/Andrew_Loomis_Drawing_the_Head_and_Hands (read online/pdf)
http://www.bookdepository.com/Drawing-Head-Hands-Andrew-Loomis/9780857680976
Constructive Anatomy
George B. Bridgman
http://www.archive.org/details/constructiveanat00briduoft (read online/ pdf)
Bridgman's Life Drawing
The Book of a Hundred Hands
Heads, Features and Faces
George B. Bridgman
The Human Figure
John H. Vanderpoel
https://archive.org/details/humanfigure00vanduoft (read online/ pdf)
http://www.bookdepository.com/Human-Figure-John-H-Vanderpoel/9780486204321
Figure Drawing (1904).
Richard Hatton
http://figure-drawings.com/figuredrawing.html (pdf, $4.95)
http://www.bookdepository.com/Figure-Drawing-Richard-G-Hatton/9780486213774
Figure Drawing: Design and Invention
Michael Hampton
http://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9780615272818
Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form
Eliot Goldfinger
https://www.bookdepository.com/Human-Anatomy-for-Artists-Eliot-Goldfinger/9780195052060
Anatomy for Sculptors Understanding the Human Form (2014)
Uldis Zarins and Sandis Kondrats
https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Sculptors-Understanding-Human-Form/dp/0990341100
https://anatomy4sculptors.com/art/
Online resources
Historical Anatomies on the Web (US National Library of Medicine).
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/browse.html (browse authors)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/addlinks.html (browse authors on other websites)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/dreamanatomy/da_intro.html (Dream Anatomy exhibit)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/dreamanatomy/da_gallery.html (Dream Anatomy gallery)
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1749. Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum Corporis Humani.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/albinus_home.html (jpgs)
Fau, J, 1849. The Anatomy of the External Forms of Man, Intended for the Use of Artists, Painters, and Sculptors.
https://sites.google.com/site/djcbriggs/fau (jpgs)
Richer, Paul, 1890. Anatomie Artistique.
Original French version of the classic work, well known today through the translation by Robert Beverly Hale.
https://archive.org/details/AnatomieArtistiqueDescriptionDesFormesExtrieuresDuCorpsHumain
Kevin Chen life drawing tutorial demonstrations
Recommended apps
Essential Anatomy (Mac, Windows and Android)
Skelly - Poseable Anatomy Model for Artists
Stan Prokopenko
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Proko.Skelly&hl=en
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/skelly-poseable-anatomy-model/id976920216?mt=8
Artnatomy (Victoria Flores).
Online interactive demonstration of facial anatomy and expression.
http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/index.html
Additional links
- Artistic Anatomy
- Modern Medical Anatomy
- Historical Anatomies
- Facial Anatomy and Expression
- Animal Anatomy
Resources