Anatomy for the Artist

" A real must for those who really want to understand what it is they are actually drawing. Each part of the body is studied in detail, from head to toe we are taken on a detailed journey through the inner landscapes that inform the outer.
The photography is superb, and the poses themselves are well considered, reflecting the considerations of the old masters in their attempt to show the body as a divine vehicle rather than a mundane cellular mass. After all a good deal of the masters were privy to the hermetic and timeless mystery that consciousness is not a result of cellular growth , but in fact cellular growth is a result of consciousness, which in its purest form is unconditioned light.
The pose of the body reflects the understanding of its inhabitant, a wisdom we have lost in this temporary age of darkness. Gooey eyed eroticism is lazy thinking, and thankfully the poses in this book do not succumb to that banality.
All in all a well thought out out and thoroughly useful book."
~ Written on 2006-09-11

"I think the pictures are a great help in understanding of the human body and why things looks like they do.
It has fantastic photos and great illustrations focusing on different parts of the body.

I'm very pleased with the book."
~ Written on 2004-03-01

"as a modeller working in the computer environment im constantly on the lookout for anatomical referance to help my work retain a believable quality. i was impressed with the photo overlays in the book but wish that they had pushed this feature further with more overlays of the muscles under the skin, in particular the muscles in action. there seamed to be plenty of opportunities to do this. it is a lovely book and shall remain on my coffe table, but unfortunatly not on my referance shelf.

howard sly
3D artist
framestore-cfc"
~ Written on 2002-12-09

"After many years of looking for a really useful reference book of the human anatomy I have finally found an excellently produced publication. Anatomy for the Artist by Sarah Simblet is the next best thing to having a model in front of you. The book is full of excellent photographs of well chosen models and the inclusion of illustrations of bones and muscles on simulator paper over the photos is very useful. I only wish that this book Amazon's January sale as I'd like to buy another ten copies for all my artist friends! I would be pleased to know if the author has done a similar book on the anatomy of animals."
~ Written on 2002-01-07