Visualizing Muscles: New Ecorche Approach to Surface Anatomy - Hardcover

Cody, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700604251 ISBN 13: 9780700604258

Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 1991

Synopsis

As the human body moves, muscles contract and relax, creating subtle changes in body contours and shifting patterns of light and shadow on the skin's surface. Visualizing exactly what happens beneath the skin to cause these changes on the surface is of interest to artists, physical therapists and body builders - to anyone who needs to understand the body in motion. This book aims to be a visual aid to drawing, sculpting and learning surface anatomy. A live model is made to look as though his skin has been stripped off - skin muscles, tendons and fascial sheaths having been painted on him - and photographed in multiple poses. For each pose there are paired photographs - one painted and labelled, one not - aiming to help one to grasp how the simulated muscles produce the subtle lights and darks, hills and valleys, on the model's unpainted skin.

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Review

"A valuable book that every serious art student will need."--M. Stephen Doherty, Editor-in-Chief, American Artist "This is one of the most imaginative and novel approaches to anatomical studies I have seen in over twenty years of teaching life drawing. It is a valuable resource for serious teachers of figure drawing."--Robert Brawley, Chairman, Department of Art, University of Kansas "Visualizing Muscles is a unique and exciting approach for studying surface anatomy . . . . accomplished in a painstakingly precise and beautifully executed manner. . . . It offers a tremendous amount of accurate visual information, which helps one understand not only the form of the human figure, but also the changes in form that occur during movement. This book is a must for medical illustrators."--Gary P. Lees, Chairman and Director, Art as Applied to Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

-A valuable book that every serious art student will need.---M. Stephen Doherty, Editor-in-Chief, American Artist -This is one of the most imaginative and novel approaches to anatomical studies I have seen in over twenty years of teaching life drawing. It is a valuable resource for serious teachers of figure drawing.---Robert Brawley, Chairman, Department of Art, University of Kansas -Visualizing Muscles is a unique and exciting approach for studying surface anatomy . . . . accomplished in a painstakingly precise and beautifully executed manner. . . . It offers a tremendous amount of accurate visual information, which helps one understand not only the form of the human figure, but also the changes in form that occur during movement. This book is a must for medical illustrators.---Gary P. Lees, Chairman and Director, Art as Applied to Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

From the Back Cover

Visualizing Muscles is a unique, practical approach to the study of surface anatomy. It will appeal to artists, sculptors, medical students, physical and massage therapists, body builders, exercise physiologists, and anyone wanting to understand the body in motion.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700604251
• ISBN 13: 9780700604258
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256