 | Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form by Eliot Goldfinger
Buy new: $43.87 / Used from: $42.00 This is my "bible". I wore out two copies of this book. Carry it with you every where. Memorize it. If you know any one book on anatomy, this is the book to know. I cannot say it strong enough.
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 | Figure Drawing: The Structure, Anatomy and Expressive Design of the Human Form, 6th Edition by Nathan Goldstein
Buy new: $79.92 / Used from: $46.00 Alot of info here. Really, a must read. Goes way beyond anatomy and really gets to the heart of drawing.
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 | Artistic Anatomy (Practical Art Books) by Dr. Paul Richer
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $13.50 One of the classics. Many of the illustrations of the figure in motion showing the anatomy are wonderful.
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 | Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist (Galaxy Books) by Stephen Rogers Peck
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.41 All the other anatomy books are subserviant to Goldfinger and Goldstein, but this is great none the less.
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 | An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists by Fritz Schider
Buy new: $9.20 / Used from: $2.20 A wonderful book because it has so many different artists you will not see very often.
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 | Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters by Robert Hale
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $5.00 Any of Hale's books. Absolutly wonderful. There is a little know set of 10 video's of Hale teaching at the ASL. See if your library can find them. Rare and marvelous!
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 | Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters (Practical Art Books) by Robert Hale
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $8.95 Hale deserves our greatest admiration.
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 | Drawing from Life by Clint Brown
Buy new: $95.59 / Used from: $49.94 Ouch. Expensive but worth it. Published as a text book. Try and find a used or previous edition.
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 | Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life: Over 1,000 Illustrations by George B. Bridgman
Buy new: $12.50 / Used from: $6.48 Any of the Bridgeman books. These require some time to assimilate, but the rewards are great. Do some copying from this book as well as the others.
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 | The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary Perspective on the Classical Tradition by Anthony Ryder
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.00 He has the gift from God but does not believe you need to study anatomy. Thats fine if you have a gift from God.
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 | Drawing the Living Figure by Joseph Sheppard
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $5.99 All books by Sheppard. Good clear drawings.
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 | How to Draw the Human Figure: An Anatomical Approach by Louise Gordon
Buy used from: $3.86 All books by Gordon. Good clear drawings.
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 | Strength Training Anatomy by Frederic Delavier
Buy used from: $3.25 Dont let the title throw you. This is a great book with some really detailed drawings showing the muscles in use. Lots and lots of drawings. Wonderful. There is also a "female" version of this book.
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 | Cartooning the Head and Figure (Perigee) by Jack Hamm
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $1.36 I put this in because it was the first book I bought when I was a kid, determined to learn to draw. Worthless for anatomy. Invaluable for fun.
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 | Nude Body Nude by Howard Schatz
Buy used from: $49.95 You want great anatomy. Schatz is the best. In a perfect world we have live models like this. In the real world we have this book. Use it to draw and study.
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 | Passion & Line: Photographs of Dancers by Howard Schatz
Buy used from: $106.50 Whoaw!!! Out of print and selling for $400!! Had I known I would have bought a dozen. Again, absolutly wonderful photography of nearly perfect figures. I hope someday they reprint it.
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 | Anatomy for the Artist by Sarah Simblet
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $15.20 Oy vey. This is a classic case of packaging. The models are georgeous. The information is OK. The overlays are useless. (Mosty skeletal, I want to see muscles.) The bibliography weird.
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