Constructive Anatomy: With Almost 500 Illustrations

By George B. Bridgman

Book Overview

Revised

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486211045
• ISBN13: 9780486211046
• Release Date: June 1973
• Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Love it!!

I picked the good condition and it only had little rips on the edges of the paper back and some scribbles on the inside of the cover but not on the actual content. The book itself is great and I’m excited to practice using it! First time ordering from the website and I’m very happy with the updates they provided with tracking and how swiftly delivery was especially since I ordered on a holiday weekend. Definitely will be buying here again :)

Still the best anatomy book around

I have nearly ten anatomy books and this is the one I grab for most when I need to solve an anatomy problem while drawing or sketching. For the most part, Bridgman first simplifies complex anatomy problems into simple structures before exploring the muscle patterns into more complex detail. This allows the artist to see the particular anatomy problem as a proportional mass rather than a complex network of muscle fibers. For me, this makes the human anatomy much more accessible. For instance, he will take the torso and break it down into simple objects like cubes, triangles, and planes, illustrate them in their proper proportions, and then move forward into to more precise detail.I find this book not just educational but as a great reference as well.

best value of any book i've ever purchased!

this book is by far the best on figure drawing that i've seen. bridgman is an absolute master of the human form, and he breaks everything down into simple shapes to help even the novice. his realistic and beautiful drawings are anatomically accurate, and quite nice to look at! buy any of bridgman's books, including the brilliant "book of 100 hands", and you'll be treating yourself to an extremely inexpensive lesson from a true master.

Wow!

Lemme tell you something right now. This is one sweet little book! It gets two stars right off the bat because it's really cheap(unlike Hogarth). For a student who doesn't have an income, this really helps out. When I bought this this book, I thought I knew a little about human anatomy. Well, put it this way, I was wrong! This book is PACKED with anatomy! Thanks to it, I've been getting alot better. Now I'm starting to do a real study of this book, and I don't think I'll be disappointed.

Superb content, great price...

One of the few books that I constantly refer to in figure drawing. Although the content was written way back in 1920, the concepts are still as valid then, as now.The simple pencilled illustrations provide easy guidelines as to where one muscle stops and another begins. This enables one to draw a muscly figure with a few lines and shapes to show bulk and depth, especially with comic book illustration.Finally, the price is perhaps as great a drawing factor as the content. Some comic book artists swear by Geoge Bridgman's books. You might also want to try some publications by Jack Hamm.