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Modeling the Figure in Clay (Practical Craft Books)
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Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
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For thirty years, Modeling the Figure in Clay has been an indispensable anatomical resource for people who think, see, and understand form best in the round: sculptors. In the thirtieth anniversary edition of this classic work, master sculptor Bruno Lucchesi invites you on a guided tour of the human form. Follow him as he creates a figure in clay—literally from the inside out—starting with the skeleton, laying on the muscles to show male and female anatomy, and finishing with a complete figure sculpture with every detail of face and hair carefully modeled.
BRUNO LUCCHESI’s work has been added to the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Dallas Museum, among many others. Lucchesi has received awards from the National Academy, the National Arts Club, and the Architectural League. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1962-1963, he won a Gold Medal award from the National Academy of Design in 1990, and was awarded the Polich Tallix Foundry Prize from the National Sculpture Society in 2009.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 730
EAN: 9780823030965
ISBN: 0823030962
Label: Watson-Guptill
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 1996-04-01
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Release Date: 1996-04-01
Studio: Watson-Guptill
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Better titled "Anatomy for Artists" - 
I was looking for a book with better instruction on the technique of figure modeling. Ended up returning this. This is just a walk through of human anatomy demonstrated in clay with very little information provided. Even as an anatomy book it's poor. First make a skeleton from clay, then apply muscles, then skin/subcutaneous tissue and voila! a perfect figure. This is really the extent of instruction provided here. The sculptor seems to be trying to demonstrate that essential characteristics of the finished form should be established from the very beginning of work - so it's noteworthy that in the book he's working on a clearly MALE skeleton and ending up with a female form at the end.
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Great book! -
This is a perfect book if you want to learn how to build a sculpture form bone, muscle, to skin. There are beautiful pictures of works he has done before I I like the detail that was put in each step. I loved how you can see the wonderful process from start to finish. It is amazing how much I have learned from the steps he takes here. So far I have a work-in-progress sculpture but it is turning out great!
Modeling the Figure ib Clay -
I went to several bookstores in search of a good book on modeling the human figure in clay and was very disappointed on their awful selection. After a few minutes on Amazon.com I found the perfect book.
Interesting perspective -
I actually didn't think this was really a book about the artist's method, despite what he might say - I think he was trying to show that to accurately portray the OUTSIDE of the human body, or ANY living thing, we've got to know what's going on INSIDE, and this was his way of learning the human body from the inside out. I'm more inclined to think that he uses fills like many of us do, because if he tries to fire that sucker, it's going to blow up in the kiln. If he's going to do a mold, he's got the undercut issue to deal with. What he probably does with THESE clay sculptures is what artists do so often that the rest of the world can't imagine - he puts it back in the slip bucket and recycles it!
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Two lessons in one -
This excellent book teaches you accurate anatomy at the same time as providing quality instruction on figure sculpting.
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