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by Alon Bement
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ISBN: 0486470121 Dover Publications Price: $9.95 |
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Well-crafted and class-tested, this guide features more text than typical art instruction books. Its unique pedagogy focuses on learning to draw complete figures prior to study of individual components, and it stresses the figure in action rather than static examples. Numerous illustrations accompany 30 figure drawing lessons.
Reprint of Figure Construction: A Brief Treatise on Drawing the Human Figure, The Gregg Publishing Company, New York, 1921.
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Table of Contents for The Energetic Line in Figure Drawing
What is Life Drawing--Introduction by Arthur Wesley Dow Preface Illustrations Materials The Figure in Profile The Arm in Profile The Head in Profile The Hand, the Forearm, and Simple Measurements Variations of the Profile Dancing Figure The Head—Front View The Back—Three-quarters View The Front—Three-quarters View The Front of the Figure Memory and Imagination Adaptability The Double Curve The Ear as a Pivot The Standing Figure—Three-quarters View Two Convex Sides Adaptability The Figure and Line The Sitting Figure (No. 1) The Sitting Figure (No. 2) The Sitting Figure (No. 3) Beginning Shading Symmetry Figure and Costume Figure and Line Absence of Line Extreme Action The Foot The Hand The Head