An Atlas Of Animal Anatomy For Artists
Fatima Teem
When studying the anatomy, you have to pay attention to a lot of muscles and bones separately. But then, once you try to put them all together, you may totally lose the sense of proportions and the dynamism of an animal body.
Dissection videos are the next best thing after attending a real dissection. You can see the body at different angles and really see the form and proportions. Also, many of them are narrated, and the professor shows the muscles separately.
Animal Anatomy for Artists is my favorite reference book for elephant artworks. This book is quite different from An Atlas Of Animal Anatomy by Ellenberger, in that it has lots of images of individual muscle structures, along with full-figure musculature images.
This book was discontinued, but can sometimes be found used at Second Sale, Bookshop.org, or other second hand book retailers. You can also find tons of newer art books, including animal anatomy drawing books, at Blick Art Materials.
This book is still being printed, and can usually be found used at Second Sale, Bookshop.org, or other second hand book retailers. You can also find tons of newer art books, including animal anatomy drawing books, at Blick Art Materials.
The following illustrations are digitized from the classic works of the German veterinary anatomists, Wilhelm Ellenberger and Hermann Baum, and medical illustrator, Hermann Dittrich. The texts, from which these illustrations were derived, are works published in 1898 and 1911 through 1925, all entitled Handbuch der Anatomie der Tiere fr Knstler which can be translated as Handbook (or Atlas) of Animal Anatomy for Artists. The primary focus of these illustrations is on the integumentary and musculoskeletal systems of the horse, cow, dog, lion, goat and deer. The detail of these images is exquisite. Their timeless quality has allowed their use over many decades. These images are not only useful to artists but also to veterinary anatomists, comparative anatomists, zoologist and anyone interested in learning more about the anatomy of these species. What may be surprising is that, although the overall conformation of each of these species is different, many specific anatomical structures across these species are very similar.
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