- Unknown Binding: 143 pages
- Publisher: Pitman (1980)
- ISBN-10: 0273015141
- ISBN-13: 978-0273015147
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,518,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having had this item on my wish list for quite some time, I was extremely enthusiastic to open the package and start reading as soon as possible but alas, the excitement was a short experience.
I was looking to try out a new angle with scuplting the human figure and found that this book was no use to me at all. I have no experience of sculpting the human figure and I was hoping to be given guidance, as in step by step instructions on how the human body is built up using clay. I found that the pictures with short descriptions of what was being done were not going to help me at all to learn a new modelling skill.
Whilst I am in awe of the artists work, being a polymer clay artist myself, in all fairness, I think this book would be excellent for those who already have experience with the human anatomy and want to try sculpting the human body but for someone wanting to be the proud owner of a masterpiece such as those in the book, without any experience, they may be a tad dissapointed.
I was looking to try out a new angle with scuplting the human figure and found that this book was no use to me at all. I have no experience of sculpting the human figure and I was hoping to be given guidance, as in step by step instructions on how the human body is built up using clay. I found that the pictures with short descriptions of what was being done were not going to help me at all to learn a new modelling skill.
Whilst I am in awe of the artists work, being a polymer clay artist myself, in all fairness, I think this book would be excellent for those who already have experience with the human anatomy and want to try sculpting the human body but for someone wanting to be the proud owner of a masterpiece such as those in the book, without any experience, they may be a tad dissapointed.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This is the most amazing and wonderful book. I am a Doctor and also a sculptor and I model figures in clay. I am completely amazed at the brilliance of Lucchesi and what he does in this book. He starts from the inside of the body making the skeleton and works outwards with anatomical accuracy. Then at the end as if by magic his figures come alive. I think that every student at medical school and every student learning to either draw or model the human figure should not only read this but should do what he does in the book.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I have studied art for a while, and have dabbled in sculpture many a time. I have only recently got into figure sculpting, and thought this book would be useful to me as I loved the authors other book 'Modelling the Head in Clay'.
However, the whole book is about how to model the figure from the inside out anatomically correctly, practically sculpting each individual organ and muscle before getting to the outside figure.
Now that is all very interesting, but only if you are studying biology, not sculpture. I sincerely doubt any sculptor uses this technique in their work - it's time consuming, and for one thing it's a horrendous waste of clay! Having bought art materials over essentials before today (as many an artist and student will do!), wasting them is not really something I like to contemplate.
In 'Modelling the Head in Clay', the author showed how to use newspaper as a core, and add clay on top of it, then sculpt the features. There was no mention of sculpting the scull, then the brain, then all the individual blood vessels etc. so I don't know why in 'Modelling the Figure in Clay' the author changes their methods so dramatically.
With sculpture, the visual is the important thing. If you can't see the organs, bones and muscles, they don't need to be included in the sculpture. Yes, the inside of the body is what makes the outside look the way it does, but only in real life biology. This is not a real person it's a model.
I really wanted a book that followed on from 'Modelling the Head in Clay', the same detail and good instruction to make a well made and beautiful sculpture of a figure. Sadly the techniques were very much off the mark for me so I won't be using it and will be pursuing other avenues.
If you like biology then go for this book. If you like sculpture, find another way.
However, the whole book is about how to model the figure from the inside out anatomically correctly, practically sculpting each individual organ and muscle before getting to the outside figure.
Now that is all very interesting, but only if you are studying biology, not sculpture. I sincerely doubt any sculptor uses this technique in their work - it's time consuming, and for one thing it's a horrendous waste of clay! Having bought art materials over essentials before today (as many an artist and student will do!), wasting them is not really something I like to contemplate.
In 'Modelling the Head in Clay', the author showed how to use newspaper as a core, and add clay on top of it, then sculpt the features. There was no mention of sculpting the scull, then the brain, then all the individual blood vessels etc. so I don't know why in 'Modelling the Figure in Clay' the author changes their methods so dramatically.
With sculpture, the visual is the important thing. If you can't see the organs, bones and muscles, they don't need to be included in the sculpture. Yes, the inside of the body is what makes the outside look the way it does, but only in real life biology. This is not a real person it's a model.
I really wanted a book that followed on from 'Modelling the Head in Clay', the same detail and good instruction to make a well made and beautiful sculpture of a figure. Sadly the techniques were very much off the mark for me so I won't be using it and will be pursuing other avenues.
If you like biology then go for this book. If you like sculpture, find another way.
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This book is a really good manual for the sculptor specialising in modelling the human form. Fantastic detailed photos. Read more
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Lucchesi is an Italian who sculpted in the USA and both influences are detectable in his amazingly beautiful work... Read more
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