Drawing the Human Body: An Anatomical Guide

by Giovanni Civardi

Book Overview

Overflowing with sketches that capture a wondrous repertoire of angles and poses; this is the ultimate guide to drawing people "to life." The author shows the male and the female body from multiple positions; reveals typical proportions; describes each part of the skeleton and each muscle; extensively comments on physical morphology; and offers a plethora of gestures and actions. A unique combination of technique and imagination.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080695891X
• ISBN13: 9780806958910
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

This was a book that we used in figure drawing class, and for the price decided to get a refrence co

Although generally in good shape, My copy arrived with some missing pages

Best guide to shading the human body available

This guide shows you how to shade both male and female bodies in detail from almost every angle. That is, you can find out how to shade in whatever muscle or bones you need to. Don't read the text unless your a med or bio student--who cares what anything is called. I haven't found a single guide like it. If a shoulder I'm painting doesn't look right I can open this book, find an appropriate example, and fix the problem.

Top notch

Very helpful and complimenting to other anatomy guides for artists , I got many new tips and pointers out of this book which also cover subjects some other books skip .

The best

For somereason Giovanni Civardi reminds me of a re-encarnated Leanardo Michealangalo. He is that good, I tell you! It gives illustrations from different poses of the male and female body, from the trunk, the head, the legs, the feet, the hands, and the chest!This book is, so far, the best anatomy book I've read yet! If you want to learn anatomy, get this book! And the price is worth it too! Must get!

Amazing

I was in the book store looking for a figure drawing book, but every book I would pick up either had a very small amount of figures to draw from, or the drawings themself were poorly done. I was lucky enough to come across this book. The figures in this book are amazing with great attention to detail. From the first page to the last it is filled with just about any pose you can think of.I also liked the way the book went into the specifics of the hand, feet, and face, legs, arms etc. and shows many differnt variations. It is also very well balenced in showing both male a female figures.The wording in the book can somtimes seem very clinical but it is very informative on human anatomy. I would definatly recommend this to anyone looking for a book to use as a reference for anatomy and is trying to learn how to draw the body in differnt poses.

Great detail

On flicking through this book I was struck by the detail on the soles of the feet. This was just a random page that opened and it was so real, with numbered lines pointing out what to look for as the foot moved into different positions. In reading the preface there is a quote "everyone sees what they have learned to see" and this was definitely the case for me. I have already spent some time just looking at the sketches, fascinated by the different detail as the body, both male and female, arms, legs, hands, face, etc are moved. There is detailed information as to the differences we should look for between the male and female form when drawing the human form. A great resource book.