It teaches you both the physical and mechanical aspects of the body inside and out - from what bones and muscles look like to how joints fit together and move, and what the resulted motion looks like. This is a detailed guide to human anatomy for an artist at any level. Despite the shared name, what a world of difference inside! I am learning to sketch and have this and another book of the same title. My other favorite anatomy books include Bridgman's Constructive Anatomy, and Hogarth's Dynamic Anatomy. It's a pretty solid, small, paperback work, although Barcsay's effort is far more beautiful in its rendering.
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If you want an even more simplified, concise, and smaller anatomy book in pencil, try Louise Gordon's How to Draw the Human Figure: An Anatomical Approach. But if you'd compare the 2 versions, I think you'd agree that the bigger, original version is a bit easier on the eyes. To Sterling's credit, most of this minute detail is still very visible. But you lose some of the gorgeous detail in the pencil work in a book so small in size. I'm glad I have both though: There's no denying the convenience of Sterling's tiny, spiral edition and production quality is top-notch, with its glossy paper, complete with its 'new car' like smell(!). Truth be told, between these 2 versions I have, I kind of prefer the bigger sized hardback. My 'original sized' copy is copyright 1953, printed in 1995 by Barnes & Noble Books. This new, tiny, Sterling spiral edition is exactly as listed: 8.2" x 7.6" x 1.2". I actually have the original sized hardback, with its dimensions of about 12-7/8" x 9-5/8" x 1-1/8". And it works pretty well, if you can get over the shockingly small size when compared to the original, *full-sized* hardback! That was the biggest surprise when I received this & opened the amazon box: I didn't even think to consider this new version's size & dimensions. Sterling publishing seems to agree: they just released a new, tiny, 'concealed spiral' hardback version to meet this very need. I think most artists do there're too many anatomy books to choose from these days, and big books can be hard to frequently carry & use. A highly detailed treatment, I usually prefer anatomy books that are even more simplified, concise, and smaller in size.
For better treatments on proportions & basic shapes see: Walt Reed's The Figure Jack Hamm's Drawing the Head and Figure and Andrew Loomis' Figure Drawing For All It's Worth. It's not an all-around figure drawing book though. Bones & muscles are rendered in super-clear detail, and simplified drawings & outlines are included to help with artistic representation.
Usually it's his rendering of individual muscles here that seem to be his best- his completed figure work being certainly above-average as well. Beautiful & detailed- It's the biggest selling point to this book.
If you're looking for a book that'll detail & depict more than you probably need, this is certainly a good place to start!įirst off, I just have to say: some of these pencil drawings are absolutely amazing(!). It's also maybe too much anatomy for most artists, I believe. This is a well-known, outstanding & classic reference in drawing the human figure. Without the indispensable information contained on these illuminating pages, painters cannot observe with understanding all the attitudes, positions, and movements of which the body is capableand produce a truly magnificent work of art. Features a new concealed spiral that keeps the book open as you work! In many cases, two sketches appear side by side: one just lightly traced in, and marked with letters to show how proportions and perspective were figured, and another fully finished drawing. Accompanying the images are brief discussions of male and female anatomical construction, explaining precisely the articulations and movement of the foot, the arm, the trunk, the spinal column, and the skull. From the entire skeleton and the joints in and out of motion to all the muscles and even facial characteristics, every body part appears in close-up and from varying perspectives. Jenö Barcsay, a professor who taught applied anatomy at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts, offers a detailed portrayal of the body for the fine artist in 142 full-page plates.
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This superb art manual is the best guide available on a subject that has fascinated artists for centuries: the human body. It’s the classic in its fielda reference work of unparalleled importance for all professionals and students of art.
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