The Book of a Hundred Hands

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100 illustrations plus instructive text. No better coverage available.

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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 hand construction from memory. It's also great for general improvement; a few tips & tricks- an *excellent* reference for all working artists.
The genius of Bridgman, at least for me, is mainly in his construction of heads & hands. The genius in Bridgman is that he selects important lines & planes: He emphasizes the *essential*. His drawings aren't always eye-poppingly 3-D, and to me, that's actually a good thing. They're mainly simplistic- yet amazingly effective. There's *great* power in this simplicity here! Here's the formula I use: copying Bridgman + photos + my favorite artists= success(!). And this book represents his best work on hands- even *better* than his Complete Guide, which includes much of this material. In fact, this book, *along with photographs*, has enabled me to draw hands completely from memory in an amazing range of angles & views! And it's helped me quicker than any other book on the market; quicker even than Burne Hogarth's incredibly popular Drawing Dynamic Hands. The design & layout here are really among Bridgman's best. If you flip rapidly through these pages, initially you might not be impressed. But if you take the time to look at each page, you'll notice some drawings are a bit better than others. Some of his best drawings are his smallest(!). For instance- In learning to draw from memory, I started by copying smaller hands, working my way up to bigger & better detail. I started by copying pages 119 & 101- it's amazing what just a few lines can teach! Many pages are like this: simple, easy, and effective; for beginners, intermediate & up. In short: My Highest Recommendation- 5 STARS!

If You Need a Second Look at Hands.......2005-09-26

Can be an alternative (different views are always valuable) or an augmentation to Hogarth. The drawings are sketchy rather than firm. He takes anatomy a too deep (bones, tendons, deep muscles, then finally what shows under the skin), but the pose you're looking for may be in here. My library could live without it, but it's nice to have.

disorginized confusing sketches.......2004-06-23

This book is not for beginners. To understand this book you'll need to have a good understanding of the hand's anatomy, but if you already understand the hand then this book will be useless. Some pages are organized so on the left will be a description like "the pinky sticks out at this angle", then on the right will be an ink blot test looking drawing where you can't even see the pinky. A good alternative to this is Burne Hogarth's "Drawing Dynamic Hands".

A Very 'Handy' book!.......2004-04-19

This is a superb little book to have around the studio at all times. Although there are one or two better books on the subject of drawing this most difficult of body parts (Burne Hogarth's 'Drawing Dynamic Hands' is the best), there is nothing to match this one for sheer value for money.

While Bridgman's illustrations are a little sketchy for my taste, you can't beat the sheer convenience of having a book containing one hundred different hand positions around when you need a quick reference for a particular hand position...and all for under eight dollars. What more do you want? A chocolate cover?

Great illustrations, good, informative text, a handy size, and great value for money. What are you waiting for?

Buy this book now!

Excellent beginning to intermediate book at a good price.......2004-01-20

There are two excellent books that I know of that focus specifically on the anatomy of the hand for the artist. I was given this book early in my aspiring art career by my grandmother (an accomplished artist) but lost it some while later. I had forgotten the title and ended up buying Hogarth's "Drawing Dynamic Hands" as a guide after failed attempts to locate this book again. I would actually recommend getting them both, but start with this book first. In the end I got alot out of both, but there were many times using the Hogarth book that I missed "Hundred Hands".

Hogarth's style of illustration in all of his books is much more imbellished by his use of soft shading to illustrate volume. His look is extremely useful but it can also be an obstacle to a beginning to intermediate student since end result is a more stylized appearance. With Hogarth's books, the student can find themselves inadvertently adopting the look of his images in their own style.

Bridgeman's illustrations are much more loose and sketch-like. He uses little or no shading but his understanding of volume and structure rivals Hogarth's. The simplicity of his examples are much easier to get started with. He accomplishes just as much if not more with a few loose lines as Hogarth's vivid shading. More importantly the sketch-like quality can be much less intimidating early on.

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The hand is second only to language in defining the human being, and its constant presence makes it a ready reminder of our humanity, with all its privileges and obligations. In this dazzling collection, Cole Swensen explores the hand from any angle approachable by language and art. Her hope: to exhaust the hand as subject matter; her joy: the fact that she couldn't. These short poems reveal the hand from a hundred different perspectives. Incorporating sign language, drawing manuals, paintings from the 14th to the 20th century, shadow puppets, imagined histories, positions (the “hand as a boatless sail”), and professions (“the hand as window in which the panes infinitesimal”), Cole Swensen's fine hand is “that which augments” our understanding and appreciation of “this freak wing,” this “wheel that comforts none” yet remains “a fruit the size and shape of the heart.”

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The Book of A Hundred Hands
George B. Bridgman
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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ASIN: B000Q7ES8W

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The Book of a Hundred Hands

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Book of a Hundred Hands
George B Bridgman
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The book of a hundred hands
George B. Bridgman
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The Naturalist's Assistant. A Hand-Book for the Collector and Student with a Bibliography of Fifteen Hundred Works Necessary for the Systematic Zoologist.

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The Naturalist's Assistant. A Hand-Book for the Collector and Student with a Bibliography of Fifteen Hundred Works Necessary for the Systematic Zoologist.
J. S. Kingsley
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The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-Book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio

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The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-Book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio
Elliot Howard Gilkey
Manufacturer: Sate of Ohio
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The Ohio hundred year book: A hand-book of the public men and public institutions of Ohio from the formation of the North-West territory (1787) to July ... the seventy-fourth General Assembly of Ohio

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The Ohio hundred year book: A hand-book of the public men and public institutions of Ohio from the formation of the North-West territory (1787) to July ... the seventy-fourth General Assembly of Ohio
Elliot Howard Gilkey
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Saunterings in Florence - A New Artistic and Practical Hand-book for English and American Tourists with One Hundred Illustrations and Maps

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Saunterings in Florence - A New Artistic and Practical Hand-book for English and American Tourists with One Hundred Illustrations and Maps
E. Grifi
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7 1/4" tall, decorative cloth binding; lx + 446pp + ads. First edition. Signed by the author on the copyright page.

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Professional wildlife care and rehabilitation for a general audience.

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By two expert and licensed wildlife rehabilitators.......2004-01-13

Now in its third and updated edition, Wildlife Care For Birds And Mammals is a straightforward, how-to manual to care for and assist injured wild animals, written and presented by two expert and licensed wildlife rehabilitators, Dale Carlson and Irene Ruth. Direct and to-the-point instructions, enhanced with black-and-white illustrations by Hope M. Douglas, showing the reader just what to do to help baby ducks, birds, opossums, rabbits, raccoons, and squirrels that are lost, injured, attacked by pets or otherwise in trouble. From treating wounds to care and feeding and procedures for release, Wildlife Care For Birds And Mammals is a very highly recommended and thoroughly "user friendly" guide.

Price Does Not Fit the Quality.......2000-08-29

Informative but rather elementary. I was disappointed with theamount of information and quality of the actual book itself. ...product doesnt fit the price.

"Good introduction to rehabilitation".......1999-03-30

"Informative and to the point...ethical...wonderful illustrating...good introduction to rehabilitation...well-organized, quick to look through." NWRA Quarterly

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Wild 7 vol. 1
Mikiya Mochizuki
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FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS; SERIES 1-2 + SERIES 3-4 + SERIES 5-6 + SERIES 7-8. 4 vols. with coloured plates.
F. Edward. Hulme
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Entertaining, but unreliable........2007-03-03

A amusing book, but one wonders about Blevins's research. Consider his s entry for Fairdealing, Marshall Co., Kentucky: "tagged for the fair dealing of Enos Vaughn, store owner....he often traded a gallon of moonshine for an acre of land, and eventually owned as many as 10,000 acres of land." The name of the store owner was John Enos Faughn, not Enos Vaughn; probate and land records put his holdings at about 10% of what Blevins claims, and that Faughn obtained them through grants, not private trade. The author's "moonshine" reference plays to stereotype, but is doubtful on its face (Faughn obtained most of his land in a single decade, when the entire county's population was just over 5,000.)

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Berklee Practice Method: Tenor and Soprano Sax: Get Your Band Together (Berklee Practice Method)
Bill Pierce , and Jim Odgren
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ASIN: 0634007890

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Discover how to play in a rock band with this Berklee Practice Method book/CD pack! Lessons throughout the book guide you through technique that is specific to playing the saxophone in a contemporary ensemble. You'll learn: melody and improvisation, phrasing, articulations, breathing, chords, scales, theory, comping, reading, interpreting lead sheets, and much more. Daily practice routines are designed for practicing by yourself, or with other musicians. The accompanying CD features outstanding Berklee players and covers a variety of styles, including rock, funk, jazz, blues, swing and bossa nova.

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From exploits on the field, to machinations in the front office, to data on the cities where they play, the Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball Clubs presents the team history of each of the MLB teams. Intelligent, in-depth essays provide social and economic histories of each club that go beyond the recounting of team glories or failures year by year. Team origins, annual campaigns, and players and managers all figure into the story, but so do owners, financiers, politicians, neighborhoods and fans. Teams are also looked at as business enterprises, with special attention given to labor issues like the reserve clause and free agency, as well as stadium construction and financing. Social and political issues are covered as well, including racism and integration, ethnic makeup of fans and players, gambling, liquor sales, and Sunday play. National events, like World War I, World War II, the Great Depression and the Cold War, and their impact on the national pastime, are also brought into the picture where they are relevant. Media coverage and broadcasting rights are discussed, as is the great influence the flood of media money has had on the sport. As America's sport, baseball reflects not just our ideas and beliefs about competition, it also reflects our national and regional identities. Readers will be able to find useful information about:

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