Constructive Anatomy (Dover Books on Art Instruction)

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This invaluable anatomical reference shows important parts of the human body, both in motion and in repose: hand, wrist, fingers, forearm, neck, high, leg, and more. Drawings of bone and muscle structure are also covered in detail. Over 500 illustrations. "Best book on artist's anatomy." — Art Students League News.

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One of my favorite anatomy books around.......2007-02-10

This still remains as one of the top anatomy books I use the most. I actually like the fact the figures and illustrations are not super detailed and more loose sketches. A beginner might find this frustrating, but as a person that is trying to develop my own style I find it more important you get a loose interpretation and fill in your own details and personal touch. Otherwise you'll just have clone artists of these anatomy books.

The other reason I love this book is the price. It's small size makes it very easy to carry around too.

I feel I've improved tenfold since I've purchased this book on making my anatomy look more real.

QUICK AND EASY.......2007-02-07

This is a good quick reference guide and is easy to read as is all of Bridgman's books. The Complete Guide to Drawing From Life is more indepth and might be better if you want a little more explaination.

One of my Top 3 Bridgman books- great in drawing from memory..........2006-04-03

Mainly for intermediate-level artists- it's actually *GREAT* for enthusiastic beginners. It has a little bit of *everything* depicting anatomy construction from memory. It's also great for general improvement; a few tips & tricks- an *excellent* reference for all working artists.
This is the book that really turned me on to the genius that is Bridgman. At first glance it may not be immediately impressive, but flip to page 167 for a quick look at his cubed-construction of the head. It's Bridgman's brief but effective treatment of cube-construction in this book that really, really impresses me. Many books *mention* cube-construction for heads; many books show a brief picture or two. But not many show it with the precision & detail that Bridgman conveys in just a few short pages. It deals with figure construction mainly in its parts- for full-figure movement, check out Bridgman's Complete Guide, or his less overwhelming Bridgman's Life Drawing. Constructive Anatomy begins with hands, which in my opinion is the weakest part of the book. (Bridgman's 100 Hands is much, much better.) Arms are next and they're easily among Bridgman's best, although not all the drawings are crystal clear. Many of the BEST drawings in Bridgman's Complete Guide are taken from this book, and his depiction of arms here is definitely among them. The shoulder & neck briefly follow, and are above average in their depiction. Then it's time for that excellent section: the cubed-construction of the head. It's only a FEW pages- I don't want to oversell it. But in my opinion at least, it's worth the price of the book. Individual features follow: eyes, nose, ears and mouth are simply & accurately treated. This is a more *in-depth* book than Heads, Features and Faces- which is mainly a simple introduction to the basics. Maybe the BEST section in Constructive Anatomy involves the Torso. He describes more in a few pages than most books ever do- and with a precision & beauty that few seem to match. The pelvis, legs, knees, feet & toes finish this truly excellent work. If anyone's overwhelmed by Bridgman's Complete Guide, Constructive Anatomy is a simple & effective choice to make- Highly Recommended!
In short: Along with Book of a Hundred Hands & Bridgman's Complete Guide, Constructive Anatomy is currently in my Top 3 by Bridgman.

Kinda hard to understand.......2004-02-10

This book is filled with pictures. George B. Bridgeman did a great job with this book. The reason I gave only 4 starts is beacuse it was kinda hard to understand. I mean I spent 20 min. figuring out the introduction and still dont full understantd it. But farther into the book it was easier to understand but still difficult. I am only 13 and this book may have been written for college students or adults so that may have been one reason I dont unerstand so well but once you start picking it up you learn a lot of stuff about the human anatomy. THIS IS GREAT FOR COMIC BOOK ARTISTS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER ARTIST.

Not what I hoped for!.......2003-12-16

I expected more from this book based on the reviews that I read before buying it. Although it has some good information about what specific muscles jobs are, the illustrations are not clear enough for good understanding. As an artist specifically working with the human form I find this book very mickey mousey and incomplete. If you already have all the books ever created on human anatomy that are needed to put together the information that is required to have a comprehensive knowledge on how the human body is constructed and moves then get this to finish your collection, but if you are looking for a clear understanding and accurate information on human anatomy for the artist look elswhere.

The Image and Appearance of the Human Body: Studies in the Constructive Energies of the Psyche

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The Image and Appearance of the Human Body: Studies in the Constructive Energies of the Psyche
Paul M. Schilder
Manufacturer: International Universities Press
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Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure listing each title in the International Library of Psychology series is available upon request.

Bridgman's Constructive anatomy (Everyday handbooks)

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Bridgman's Constructive anatomy (Everyday handbooks)
George Brant Bridgman
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Constructive Anantomy
Geo. B. Bridgman
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7x10 early work in sketching anatomical positions of the human body.

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Constructive Anatomy

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Constructive Anatomy
George Bridgman
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George B. Bridgman
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George B. Bridgman
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Constructive Anatomy.
George B. Bridgman
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new approach to portraiture

Worth borrowing ...

Daniela provides a window into a world that is never seen...

I guess it's the "latino" craze

I have not read this book.

Daniela Rossell: Ricas y Famosas: Mexico 1994-2001
Daniela Rossell
Manufacturer: Turner
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La Panaderia: 1994-2002

ASIN: 8475065198
Release Date: 2002-08-02

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See the super-rich in their vast kitsch palaces, modeling their latest designer wardrobes, showing off their art collections, petting their stuffed lions, posing on guilded, gleaming furniture, and tanning along the edges of lush indoor swimming pools. This is the private lifestyle of Mexican millionaires, and it is photographer Daniella Rossell's outrageous twist on what is historically understood as Mexican documentary photography. Rather than documenting the lifestyles of indigenous peoples, the urban poor, or exotic village scenes--as so many of her colleagues have done and continue to do--she has chosen to explore the habitat, customs, and traditions of the tiniest minority in Mexico: the ultra-rich.

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new approach to portraiture.......2004-07-08

Rossell's work is groundbreaking in its unflinching examination of the ultra-wealthy of Mexico. We are oddly attracted and repulsed by the women who inhabit the pictures. The images of excess and extravagance are sometimes beautiful, often comical and most certainly tragic. Yet, the faces of those women photographed reveal that they are not oblivious to their surroundings. They too seem to share this repulsion to their surroundings but their postures suggest resolution to their condition. The work is a fascinating new twist on portraiture - higly recommend.

Worth borrowing ..........2003-12-30

The photography is clearly less than professional. None of these photographs would make an Architectural Digest cut, and, as a side note, neither would the decor of these homes ... lots of over-paid-for tacky stuff being shown off. Worth borrowing for curiosity's sake.

Daniela provides a window into a world that is never seen..........2003-10-31

Some have interpreted this book all wrong and some have seen it for all it is it worth. I actually was fortunate enought to attend Daniela's opening here in my home town and walked away praising these pieces of work up and down. She provides a window into a hushed yet lavish world that hardly anyone sees. This book is not about technique and lighting, weather she is using the correct apeture or f-stop, blah, blah, blah. She seems to be confronting issues that she had as a child with her surroundings-she is challangeing a social taboo by reviewing the upper class, and has done a amazing job! Starting out as snap shots of her family she eventually found her way into houses of people she didnt even know. I again give praise and do believe that these are works of art, and as a photographer myself I think she accomplished here what many strive for. Buy this book! You will not be let down.

I guess it's the "latino" craze.......2003-01-09

If you are looking for quality photographs, do not purchase this book. There are very few images in Ricas y Famosas that work well. Most are mediocre and there are several that are just terrible. Was she trying to go for the snap-shot aesthetic? Or was she trying to achieve a well-lit, premeditated,maybe more traditional image? You just can't tell. My belief is that she is simply a bad photographer with very bad technique. The body of work that she presents here is not well thought out at all.
On the other hand, the subject matter is interesting. Nobody in Mexico had ever taken on the subject that she chose, so you have to give her credit for that. But, I was very disappointed by most of the images (almost all of them). I think she could've done a much better job and I don't understand why Ricas and Famosas has gotten such good reviews. I guess it's mostly because of its shock value, the appeal of kitsch, and the mexican craze that's hit the art world and the cinema world. Bottom line- the pictures are mediocre bordering on terrible (with the excpetion of a few), but her subject is very interesting.

I have not read this book........2002-11-18

I found this news article today:

Earlier this year, 89 wives, daughters and lovers of wealthy or powerful
Mexican men posed chicly in extravagant settings with complete lack of
inhibition about their opulence, for photographer Daniela Rossell's
coffee-table book, "Ricas y Famosas" ("Rich and Famous"), thus appearing to
taunt the 53 percent of Mexicans who live in poverty. Rossell, who comes from
the upper class herself, and is thought to have made the book in part because
of conflicted views of her upbringing, has since received threats from the
embarrassed wealthy, who apparently miscalculated how their pictures would be
perceived. [The Observer (London), 9-15-02]

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Autorretrato de la decadencia. (Reporte Especial).(TT: Self portrait of decadence. (Special report).): An article from: Proceso
Antonio Jáquez
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Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from Proceso, published by CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V. on September 8, 2002. The length of the article is 4152 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Autorretrato de la decadencia. (Reporte Especial).(TT: Self portrait of decadence. (Special report).)
Author: Antonio Jáquez
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Date: September 8, 2002
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Ricas y famosas.(TT: Rich and famous women.)(Reseña): An article from: Letras Libres

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Ricas y famosas.(TT: Rich and famous women.)(Reseña): An article from: Letras Libres
Carlos Monsiváis
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This digital document is an article from Letras Libres, published by Editorial Vuelta, S.A. de C.V. on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1360 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ricas y famosas.(TT: Rich and famous women.)(Reseña)
Author: Carlos Monsiváis
Publication: Letras Libres (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2002
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Rossell, Daniela. Ricas y famosas.(Reseña de libro): An article from: Chasqui

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Rossell, Daniela. Ricas y famosas.(Reseña de libro): An article from: Chasqui
Martín Camps
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Title: Rossell, Daniela. Ricas y famosas.(Reseña de libro)
Author: Martín Camps
Publication: Chasqui (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2003
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Ricas Y Famosas
Daniela Rossell
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Geek humor at its best.......2007-01-15

'Science' magazine is one of the world's two premier outlets for the best in refereed general science reports, along with 'Nature.' It's also one of the places where Harris has published his brilliant cartoons.

The cover hooked me, but the first cartoon had me roaring out loud - a wry expression of the improbability (and wonder) of life on earth, and a clear but counterintuitive statement about chemical equilibrium in solutions with concentrations too low for statistical mechanics. Then a while later, a researcher emerges from a lab with a chimp, saying "It's just not working. HE's teaching ME primate speech" - the researcher herself being a primate, of course. Then the "String Theory Quartet." Then the Museum Dilemma: X-rays reveal a Leonardo under a Rembrandt. And so on.

Science is far too important a matter to be taken seriously. Face it, we're an irrational and emotional species, playing (often convincingly) at rationality. Harris does a wonderful service for humankind: he makes all that hard stuff as accessible and visceral as a belly laugh. Harris is the only cartoonist I know of who correctly translates the subtleties of science into the silliness of the human condition. This doesn't ridicule or trivialize the science. Quite the opposite, Harris makes it real.

If Harris didn't exist, we would have had to invent him. But damm, I wouldn't have been smart enough to think him up. I'm just glad he was there to do it himself.

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The best science cartoons ever.......2006-11-28

Sidney Harris is without question the best cartoonist with a scientific bent; his cartoons lampoon science and the people who practice it. He also throws an occasional barb at the people who follow pseudoscience as well. No area of science is beyond his reach, everything from the environment to nuclear physics appears in his cartoons. I reread this book every five years or so and smile every time I see the cartoons again. I also place copies of some of his cartoons in my office. My students enjoy them and they are a recurrent reminder not to take myself too seriously.

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"HOW TO BE A SECTOR INVESTOR is an invaluable guide for anyone embarking on the sometimes perilous but potentially highly profitable journey of investing in sectors of the stock market. With an absence of jargon, an abundance of straight talk, and a refreshing focus on risk, the authors plot a sensible course for individuals with the courage to expand their investment horizons by venturing beyond broadly diversified portfolios." - Burton J. Greenwald, Nationally recognized consultant to the mutual fund industry.

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The concise, comprehensive guide on how investors of any size can build a diversified, profitable portfolio focusing on technology, real estate, healthcare, or other vital sectors.

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Only touches on sector investing.......2003-01-01

There is nothing about timing or switching from one sector to another. Sector investing can be very volatile if you buy and hold. You need to know when to exit a sector and when to buy.

Excellent Guide for the Beginner and Intermediate Investor!.......2001-08-08

As the authors clearly indicate in the preface, this book is geared toward the beginning and intermediate investor. Written in a clear and concise manner that avoids excessive jargon, the information educates the reader about investing in sectors while providing valuable insights and practical advice.

Divided into 12 chapters, the book focuses on the sectors of primary interest to the "average individual investor." Specifically, the sectors covered include: Technology, Financial, Healthcare, Real Estate, Utilities, Energy and Natural Resources, and International. Although investing in international stocks is generally not considered a "sector," the inclusion of the international arena as a sector provides a useful perspective on this area.

In addition to the valuable content, the authors have an engaging writing style that does not hinder the information presented by them. The book is actually entertaining and inspiring.

Overall, "How to be a Sector Investor" is an excellent book on investing in sectors. Having researched a number of other books in this area, this one far surpasses other resources.

Not bad, not great............2001-04-08

If you're new to Industry Sectors and want to learn alot about each one then this book is excellent for you to start. If you already watch sectors and their rotations then there really isn't much new in the book. It is definitely well written and very easy to understand. If anything, it re-inforced concepts and strategies I had forgotten. I wish it had incorporated some analyzing from a Technical charting viewpoint. There was none at all. All in all, it is a very positive book covering the different sectors of the market. I found it to actually be very motivating to follow the markets more closely.

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At a time when "sexy" can be an adjective for anything, when sexual awareness is declared to be advancing faster in months than in the past half century, and when pundits warn of sexual overload, the actual representation of sex is still deemed confrontational, aggressive, "in your face." While critics accuse the academy of an obsession with sexuality, they also complain that nothing that appears to refer to sex really does.

In readings ranging across film, drama, opera, fine art, and critical theory, Mandy Merck considers these phenomena as well as the role of the dog in anti-porn propaganda, the unacknowledged significance of the lesbian hand, and the early retirement of the phallus. Other topics include the relationship of women's tennis and prostitution, the gendering of the wild and the tame in the age of AIDS, and the sexlessness of postmodern criticism. In Your Face ends with the face and its alleged desecration by fellatio. Germaine Greer's condemnation of Bill Clinton for "fucking the faces of little girls" is examined in the light of one of Monica Lewinsky's endearments for the President--"fuckface."

In a country whose last great Presidential scandal revolved around a key witness known only as "Deep Throat" and whose current Chief Executive works in the "Oral Office," giving head is going down in history. Analyzing the strange relationship of Linda Lovelace, Camille Paglia, and Paul de Man, In Your Face concludes by considering desire and disgust in high and low places.

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This examiniation of America's national pastime explores the dichotomous relationship between race and merit in professional baseball. It critically evaluates the role that race and performance play in determining the extent to which the sport is representative of a culture that continues to harbor racist attitudes. The authors look specifically at several interrelated variables as they pertain to baseball and players salaries: (1) merit-performance statistics, (2) experience/qualifications-number of years of experience in the major leagues, (3) environment-metropolitan size/economic support, (4) race-various categories of race, and (5) salary requirements-salaries during earlier years of players' careers. Significantly, the authors find that, based upon the statistical evidence from the late 1980s and early 1990s, merit plays a greater role in salary determination in professional baseball than does the issue of race, despite the continuing charges in the press of racism underlying professional sports.

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Disgruntled Student Misses Landmark Work.......2000-04-18

I'm not sure why the author's former student thinks this book contains "suspect" research and conclusions. In the absence of any specific examples, we ought to conclude it's just sour grapes. The authors do a great job of reviewing the existing literature on the subject of racism in baseball. The footnotes and bibliography are extensive. The book is not intended as a history of baseball, but is rather a look at a narrow subject -- how racism has affected baseball.

The authors discuss the various research techniques and statistical methods used in previous studies, and why those different approaches produce different results.

Following a substantial amount of theoretical discussion, the authors took a look at the current state of baseball, reviewing the racial/ethnic demographics of active major league players. Readers are left to draw their own conclusions, but what they found was fascinating for those who are interested in the subject.

As someone who has researched and written on this subject, I can state with certainty that this book is indispensible to a study of race issues within baseball.

Those that find the book "dry" or "boring" clearly aren't interested in a serious academic text.

Sloppy research, bad writing and silly premises strike out........1999-03-06

I had the displeasure of taking a class from the principal author of this book. His sorry pedagogy is amply reflected in this book. The research and conclusions made here are clearly suspect, and the dry, intensely boring writing style make matters worse. There are plenty of baseball books out there, none as pretentious and time-wasting as this one.

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