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Summary: great buy...
Review: This is a fabulous book... While it probably isn't the best for beginning artists, I find it incredibly useful. I reference it all the time when a limb just doesn't look quite right, or better yet, before I've started a project, to make sure I get things right in the first place! if you understand the way things connect (bones, muscles, etc) then you will better grasp what movements are 'right'. It's a fabulous reference, and a great read! the pictures are clear and well labeled. I got this book over the summer, and it hasn't spent more than a day or two on the shelf before getting pulled out again. Well worth the money!
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Summary: One of the best specialty anatomy books around.
Review: This is a terrific supplement to general books on human anatomy. Some of the detail drawings - particularly of joints, tendons, and muscle connections, are the clearest I've seen. Also, the animal anatomy is so good it's been bought by a number of Disney animators and is on their list of recomendations. I don't know what the other reviewer was looking for in an anatomy book, but I disagree with his conclusions on this one. I teach Figure Drawing at Otis College of Art and Design, and we use "Atlas of Human Anatomy for Artists" by Stephen Rogers Peck as our main textbook. This volume by Peck has a good price, is written and illustrated with clarity, and has general information on structure, proportaion, etc. that is very helpful to beginners. Once you have a good base text, then you supplement it with books on specific information - such as the details and animal anatomy found in the Cyclopedia. A few of us have been searching for this book, and I was thrilled to find it here. I also recomend anything by Gottfried Bammes, Robert Beverly Hale (especially "Master Class in Figure Drawing"), and Jeno Barscay. I just purchased Nathan Goldstein's "Figure Drawing" and am also very impressed with that (it's a bit pricy though). The Cyclopedia is a great reference that belongs in the studio. Not the coffee table.
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Summary: Get it and keep it handy
Review: This is one of the best anatomical reference books for artists I've found. It's more than just a collection of bones and muscles. It's a first course on drawing the figure, both human and animal. The drawings are extremely clear, detailed, and large. Hair, fur, claws, the shape of ears, of noses, it's all in there. All presented in a well organized, easy to see format. It even includes a first class comparitive anatomy section. The book illustrates lots of different animals too, not just horses and dogs, but camels, lions, sheep, and pigs to name a few. I consult this book often.
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Summary: Great if you already know how to draw!
Review: wonderful illustrations to supplement knowledge of anatomy.
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