Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement

Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement

by Valerie L. Winslow
Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement

Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement

by Valerie L. Winslow

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Overview

After more than thirty years of research and teaching, artist Valerie Winslow has compiled her unique methods of drawing human anatomy into one groundbreaking volume: Classic Human Anatomy. This long-awaited book provides simple, insightful approaches to the complex subject of human anatomy, using drawings, diagrams, and reader-friendly text. Three major sections–the skeletal form, the muscular form and action of the muscles, and movement–break the material down into easy-to-understand pieces. More than 800 distinctive illustrations detail the movement and actions of the bones and muscles, and unique charts reveal the origins and insertions of the muscles. Packed with an extraordinary wealth of information, Classic Human Anatomy is sure to become a new classic of art instruction.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780823024155
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Publication date: 12/23/2008
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 258,222
Product dimensions: 9.30(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Valerie L. Winslow has been painting and drawing the human figure professionally for nearly four decades and is an expert in the field of figurative art. She is the author and artist of Classic Human Anatomy, hailed by Library Journal as a “significant contribution to the literature of art reference.” Since 1979 Winslow has taught at well-known institutions including the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and Pixar Animation Studios. Winslow is currently a full-time faculty member and the anatomy coordinator at San Francisco’s Academy of Art University. Many of her works are in private collections, and she has won numerous museum awards. She lives in Santa Rosa, California. For more information on the artist and to view a portfolio of her work, visit valerielwinslow.com.
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