Anatomy in great masters simplified, with 95 Marsh drawings not seen elsewhere. Full text, over 200 illustrations.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not for the beginning artist,
This review is from: Anatomy for Artists (Dover Anatomy for Artists) (Paperback)
Marsh's book is fascinating and as some of the reviews attest, a valuable resource for the serious artist. However it's important to know what you're getting for it has limitations and may not be what some people want, particularly the beginning artist.
The book contains several hundred copies, drawn by Marsh, of anatomical studies by masters such as Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Duhrer and others. The book is systematic: the copies are grouped by perspective (side, front, back), feature (head, arms, feet) and includes a section on proportion along with a hundred or so of his own sketches. This is not a good book if you are just starting to learn anatomy. Marsh has a loose style and since he is providing a copy of a study (sometimes a copy of a copy, "from Kollman's copy of Michelangelo") the result is an artistic game of telegraph. Portions of some sketches will just not make sense if you are trying to discern specific joints and muscles. In other sketches there will be bulges and curves that I simply cannot line up in a systematic way with specific muscles. For the same reason this is not a good resource for making your own copies. If you are serious about becoming an artist you should certainly follow in Marsh's footsteps and make copies of as many masters as you can find. It is excellent practice and a vital way to understand the fundamentals of the human figure. But go to the originals, not this book. The value of Marsh's book only becomes apparent, after you've acquired some artistic fundamentals. The book provides a comprehensive view of how one artist viewed the human figure. The "sloppiness" of his sketches is no longer a drawback, but in fact one of their key values, providing examples of how form can emerge from seemingly random marks.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Master of the figure,
By Harry (DE.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Anatomy for Artists (Dover Anatomy for Artists) (Paperback)
Anyone who thinks the R. Marsh is "sloppy" does not know or understand the artist. If you ever stood in front a Marsh 24x30 ink life drawing sheet you might change your mind. His drawings are done from life, in ink, as a direct interpretation and have never been surpassed by any other modern day artist. Anyone who works with the figure in their art work would give anything to understand the model half as good as Marsh did. His anatomy book was done from standing in front of master drawings, in front of sculptures, gallery paintings and memory. They were not done at one time for this book, but over a lifetime of study and then assembled. They are not tracings, or accurate medical anatomy references nor are they meant to be. They were used to help him with the figures in his paintings. Copying art work has been a traditional way to learn from a Master that is not around anymore to teach. To make an exact copy of any art is to miss the point of the lesson. It should be interpreted by you and your hand, hence the word "study". Anyone who thinks this is book is not up to par needs to go back and look at the hundreds of ringed sketchbooks, tempera paintings, and frescos of a man who made a living drawing and painting his whole life. You might even want to pick up one (1) of his life drawing sheets for about $25,000 if you are lucky enough to find one for sale.
16 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
R.Marsh Anatomy for Artists,
This review is from: Anatomy for Artists (Dover Anatomy for Artists) (Paperback)
This book contains sloppy drawings of other people's work. I have found it the poorest source for information about drawing. Since I have reproductions of many major artists, Marsh's copys are a real disappointment. Also I have had students discouraged by this book. It may have been valuable in the 40s when other sources were unavailable, but now there is little value here.
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