Figures, Faces & Folds: Women's Form and Dress for Artists, Students and Designers - Softcover

Braun, Adolphe Armand

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486815927 ISBN 13: 9780486815923

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2017

Synopsis

Ranging from classical to contemporary eras, this art instruction manual presents a historical overview of the depiction of women in drawings, paintings, sculpture, and photography. The highly detailed study is generously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, line drawings, and reproductions of paintings by Botticelli, Rubens, Vermeer, and other masters. More than 100 reference photos, referred to as "The Standard Poses," offer an additional resource for figure study.
Suitable for intermediate to advanced students of art, the two-part treatment examines modes of dress and their appearance in art, followed by the reference photos. Topics range from drapery studies and the structure of dress to the anatomy of the body and the skeleton. Contemporary poses portray all aspects and positions of the body in action as well as repose and include a section on hands and gloves.

About this title

About the Author:

Adolphe Armand Braun (1869–1938) was the founder and original editor of Drawing and Design, an illustrated art magazine of the 1920s. He also wrote six drawing books between 1919 and 1928.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0486815927
• ISBN 13: 9780486815923
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160