Animal anatomy for artists [[electronic resource] ] : the elements of form / / Eliot Goldfinger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452335003321
• Autore: Goldfinger Eliot
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• ISBN: 0-19-756179-9; 1-280-83514-1; 0-19-803250-1; 1-4294-6875-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 242 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 743.6
• Soggetti: Anatomy, Artistic; Animals in art; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-238) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- TERMINOLOGY -- BASIC BODY PLAN: General Overview -- INDIVIDUAL MUSCLES: Attachments, Action, & Structure -- FOUR-LEGGED ANIMALS: Skeleton & Muscles (Numerous Views) -- FOUR-LEGGED ANIMALS: Skeleton & Superficial Muscles (Side View) -- ANIMALS WITH LIMB VARIATIONS: Skeleton & Superficial Muscles (Side View) -- MISCELLANEOUS ANIMALS: Skeleton -- BIRDS -- APPENDIX -- PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: From the author of the classic Human Anatomy for Artists comes this user-friendly reference guide featuring over five hundred original drawings and over seventy photographs. Goldfinger not only covers the anatomy of the more common animals, such as the horse, dog, cat, cow, pig, squirrel, and rabbit, but also the anatomy of numerous wild species, including the lion, giraffe, deer, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, elephant, gorilla, sea lion, and bear.