The Male and Female Figure in Motion: 60 Classic Photographic Sequences (Dover Anatomy for Artists) [Paperback]

Eadweard Muybridge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1984 | Series: Dover Anatomy for Artists

Sixty of the best, most representative sequences from original 5,000 prints. Taken at speeds up to 1/6000th of a second, incredibly precise images show undraped male and female subjects against a ruled background, running, walking, leaping, twisting, throwing, many other activities. Views from front, rear and three-quarter angle.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (December 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486247457
• ISBN-13: 978-0486247458
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #73 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > History

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the great wonders of photography, November 25, 1999

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DJ Rix (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Male and Female Figure in Motion: 60 Classic Photographic Sequences (Dover Anatomy for Artists) (Paperback)

Muybridge's seemingly artless photography sequences are one of the great wonders of photography, fascinating & humorous. How else could one react to a series of photos showing a nude woman stepping on to a chair to pour cold water on to another? Or to two young men playing leap frog?

Here are rather average bodies - by contemporary standards - throwing baseballs, kneeling & turning, heaving rocks, crawling, descending stairs, walking, running, carrying buckets, attempting a somersault while a pigeon crosses the path. The backgrounds of graphs & lines not only provide the artist's units of measurement, but establish a visual continuity more modern than he could have known.

The Male and Female Figure in Motion is a classic collection, beautifully produced & inexpensively priced. Great for artists & lovers of photography, this volume is part of Dover Publication's Pictorial Archive series, which means you are free to use them in your arts & crafts or post them on web pages. Dover also offers a companion collection of Muybridge's important animal locomotion photographs.

Bob Rixon

29 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, but a tip..., August 16, 2000

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E. Richards "Herself" (Alone with my thoughts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Male and Female Figure in Motion: 60 Classic Photographic Sequences (Dover Anatomy for Artists) (Paperback)

Its all covered in "The Human Figure in Motion". If you want Muybridge, may as well get a more comprehensive volume, eh?

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of 'The Male and Female Figure in Motion:....., July 9, 2008

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C. Scott (East Brighton, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Male and Female Figure in Motion: 60 Classic Photographic Sequences (Dover Anatomy for Artists) (Paperback)

This book is a superb collection of still photos taken from films of various men, women and children doing just about any action one could think of. Extremely helpful for an artist, illustrator or animator as it provides a range of views of people in motion.
Strongly recommended.