Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters: 100 Great Figure Drawings Analyzed

This classic book, whose foremost author was one of the great artistic anatomy teachers of the twentieth century, is an invaluable instructor and reference guide for any professional, amateur, or student artist who depicts the human form.

Revealing the drawing principles behind one hundred inspiring masterpieces, the book presents work by Leonardo, Michelangelo, Rubens, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, and other greats. These superb portrayers of figures knew that the secret of drawing them was seeing how underlying bone and muscle structures mold the body's surface forms. Readers are shown how to learn from these great examples as the authors guide them through all the steps they would take in a life class or studio working with live models.

Author: Robert Beverly Hale, Terence Coyle
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 10/01/2000
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.02w x 0.75d
ISBN13: 9780823002818
ISBN10: 0823002810
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Study & Teaching
- Art | Techniques | Life Drawing

About the Author
Robert Beverly Hale was America's best-known teacher of figure/anatomy drawing during his long years as an instructor at the Art Students League and other fine institutions. The late master also curated American paintings and sculpture for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Terence Coyle, an artist and respected teacher whose work is exhibited often and included in many notable collections, homes in New York and Stockbridge, Massachusetts.