Figure Drawing: The Structural Anatomy and Expressive Design of the Human Form

by Nathan Goldstein

Book Overview

A concise but comprehensive book about all matters pertaining to drawing the human figure, this well-illustrated and accurate guide demonstrates the interplay of structure, anatomy, design, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131830481
• ISBN13: 9780131830486
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Good, Comprehensive, and Heady

There's good and not so good in this book. The good is, it is very comprehensive, well organized, and authoritatively written. The bad news is, many of the concepts are complicated and difficult to follow. The writer assumes you understand many things because he doesn't bother to verbalize them very well. This is typical of an academian in my experience. Academian's like to throw something out there and wait for you to ask them what they mean. Unfortunately, that approach does not work so well in a book. To his credit, if you dwell on the ideas long enough they eventually do sink in and approach brilliance. So understanding this book is like understanding art. It takes a while to digest. That said, I recommend the book and be prepared to have your head expanded. This book turns over every stone in the quest to better understand drawing. As an example here is a random passage I picked describing "Location and Proximity". "The relational energies of location and proximity are produced by the association of like or unlike elements according to their position on the picture plane or in a field of depth." You see what I mean? You gotta love it.