Animal Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form
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<P>Animal Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form<BR>By Eliot Goldfinger<BR>Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA <BR>Number Of Pages: 256 <BR>Publication Date: 2004-09-03 <BR>ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195142144 <BR>ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195142143 <BR>Binding: Hardcover </P>
<P><BR>From the author of the classic Human Anatomy for Artists comes this user-friendly reference guide featuring over five hundred original drawings and over seventy photographs. Designed for painters, sculptors, and illustrators who use animal imagery in their work, Animal Anatomy for Artists offers thorough, in-depth information about the most commonly depicted animals, presented in a logical and easily understood format for artists--whether beginner or accomplished professional. The book focuses on the forms created by muscles and bones, giving artists a crucial three-dimensional understanding of the final, complex outer surface of the animal. Goldfinger not only covers the anatomy of the more common animals, such as the horse, dog, cat, cow, pig, squirrel, and rabbit, but also the anatomy of numerous wild species, including the lion, giraffe, deer, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, elephant, gorilla, sea lion, and bear. Included are drawings of skeletons and how they move at the joints, individual muscles showing their attachments on the skeleton, muscles of the entire animal, cross sections, photographs of live animals, and silhouettes of related animals comparing their shapes and proportions. He offers a new and innovative section on the basic body plan of four-legged animals, giving the reader a crucial conceptual understanding of overall animal structure to which the details of individual animals can then be applied. The chapter on birds covers the skeleton, muscles and feather patterns. The appendix presents photographs of skulls with magnificent horns and antlers and a section on major surface veins. Incredibly thorough, packed with essential information, Animal Anatomy for Artists is a definitive reference work, an essential book for everyone who depicts animals in their art.</P>
<P>Summary: Animal Anatomy for Artists<BR>Rating: 5</P>
<P>Excellent reference book. 5 stars from the first to last page. </P>
<P>Summary: One of the greatest animal anatomy book out there for artist<BR>Rating: 5</P>
<P>I got Goldfinger's human anatomy book, but in comparison, this is even better. Great multitude of drawings and diagrams of different species of animals, from bones to muscle to final skin with great angles. Highly recommend it. </P>
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<P>Summary: One of the most exhaustive references for artist's animal anatomy<BR>Rating: 5</P>
<P>WHOA! An animal-anatomy-for-artists book that I haven't seen before!?? I did a doubletake in the library when I found it. It's a GOOD one, too! Better than most of my animal anatomy books put together! It takes both possible approaches: the first half of the book shows the different bones and muscles part by part, as they exist in most animals, like Bammes's book does; the second half of the book shows the different animal species, bones and muscles and skin, like Adams %26amp; Singer's book does. I can tell which steel engravings some of these illustrations were based on, after Ellenberger %26amp; Baum. It also has a few species I haven't seen in animal anatomy books before, except maybe in the Zoo Books series, such as the giraffe shown on the cover. As usual, the most attention is given to horses, big cats, and dogs. I'm probably going to need to buy this for reference, since it's not the kind of thing you can just read cover-to-cover from the library, you have to use it just whenever you need it. </P>
<P>Summary: Very Informative<BR>Rating: 5</P>
<P>This is a very detailed book and a must have for those that need to know more about animal anatomy. This book does layout the skeletal and muscular design of the used animals very well. One thing that it does not give you is a detailed description of exactly how the joints move or muscles work. But overall a must have if you are doing an animal study for sculpture or 3-d modeling.</P>
<P>Summary: Features over 500 original drawings and over 70 photos<BR>Rating: 5</P>
<P>Artists who plan on focusing on animals had better pick up a copy of Animal Anatomy For Artists: The Elements Of Form: a virtual 'Bible' of animal anatomy, is features over five hundred original drawings and over seventy photos which painters, sculptors, and illustrators can use to understand the underlying anatomy of a range of common and wild animals. Forms created by muscles and bones provide artists with a three-dimensional figure of the final surface of the animal, while Goldfinger provides discussions of how each piece of animal anatomy interacts with another.<BR></P>**** Hidden Message ***** [hunny] [kiss] 本书内容精彩 好书要读的！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！[biggrin]
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