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by Mark Edward Smith (Author) "My first book on the figure, The Figure in Motion (Watson-Guptill, 1986), captured movement of the human body, especially in poses that would be impossible..." (more)
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Figure drawing life classes are a staple of every art school' curriculum, but not every aspiring artist has the opportunity to benefit from such instruction. This book aims to provide the next best thing to an actual life drawing studio. It contains a compilation of traditional life drawing poses and positions revealing nuances of light, shadow, musculature, detail and definition.
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every penny, 17 May 2003
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This book is brilliant. It is just photo after photo of perfect nudes. There is no text to accompany each photos or chapter which I was very happy about. The only text in this book is an introduction and the blurb on the back cover. The photography is incredibly sharp and it is the perfect reference for an artist who has no access to a real live model. The paper is also very good quality. After buying this and realising how useful it is I tried to find a book simular to the brilliance of this one, but there simply isn't one. Buy it!
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63 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Useful, 29 Jan 2002
This book is probably the most useful tool I have for drawing the human figure. It features more pictures of nude men and women, in pretty much every pose imaginable, than I actually needed. This is really the important fact about The Nude Figure - the sheer quantity of good quality, practically useful pictures it contains. All the photographs in this book are black & white, which helps a lot in defining the form and shape of each model (and therefore the human figure in general). Although there are more female models than male I did not feel the men were too badly represented.
If anyone is interested in the nude figure I highly recommend The Nude Figure.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just perfect, 30 Dec 2006
By Ms. V. J. Heath "Arty Farty" (England) - See all my reviews
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I am an art student at college, and am currently doing a project on anatomy, as I haven't been able to get life drawing classes i need a good reference book. I found this one and ordered it, I haven't looked at any other.
The photos are of fantastic quality, the angles are beautiful and the poses are imaginative. As this is my first anatomy book i was expected to be embarrased but the photos are interesting and tasteful.
I would suggest this to both amateur and proffessional as a great reference book.
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 		 Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as it looked
I nice book with very interesting posses however all the photos are really grainy and not as good a quality as i had hoped, they are a good referance but im sure there must be... Read more
Published 6 months ago by C. Pratt

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I bought this based on all the 5* reviews but found all the pictures were either grainy or badly lit. Read more
Published 12 months ago by M. Adams

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference book
This is perfect for people who want to learn how to draw the human figure. There is no writing, just photos. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Victoria Mcnaught

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant! worth 5 stars!
I bought this book last year,and since then havent looked back....its one of the most useful tools in my infantry of art. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2006 by Archer

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