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Beyond the Bungalow, the newest book from renowned designer and Arts & Crafts expert Paul Duchscherer, celebrates the larger members of the Arts & Crafts family, and pays tribute to their remarkable artistic beauty, craftsmanship, and diversity of style.
Widely acclaimed as America's favorite "Arts & Crafts Home," the term "bungalow" may bring a specific image to mind, but it really is one part of a much larger family. This extended family also includes an entire genre of larger-scale Craftsman-period homes, much like those created by architect brothers Charles and Henry Greene.
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Nice Selection Of Larger Than Bungalow Arts & Crafts Homes.......2006-08-01
I really enjoyed this book because it points out several historic house museums that I was not aware of and can now add to my must see list. This book covers those homes that are not technically bungalows but are still a part of the rich American Arts and Crafts movement.
The text is a bit hard to work through but the author does have some wonderful ideas. There are roughly 50 different houses shown all from the exterior and about 25 have additional interior photos. Not all the homes are available to the public so it is a nice way to see inside some private homes.
This is not a how to book but it covers its subject nicely.
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The 4,789 photographs in this definitive selection show the human figure — models almost all undraped — engaged in over 160 different types of action: running, climbing stairs, tumbling, dressing, undressing, hopping on one foot, dancing, etc. Children walking, crawling and many dozens of other activities.
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The Human Figure in Motion.......2006-02-26
Muybridge's "The Human Figure in Motion" is a classic. The frame by frame photographs of figures (male, female, athletes, children) are vintage photos from the latter half of the 19th century. They document action: carrying objects, a man jumping, child crawling, etc, as well as activities common to the time that are not evident in everyday activity now, such as discus throwing, fencing, woman pouring water from a jug, etc. These photos, although small, are still of major importance to the artist who tries to understand muscle groups for drawing the figure. Great resource book.
Good Historical Reference but poor Art Reference.......2004-12-24
This book is of historical interest and shows the genius of Muybridge. It comes practically without text and is simply Muybridge's photo album with lots and lots of images of naked men and women in action. However, to go beyond that and to take the book as an art reference to anatomy is simply a fallacy. The pictures are so small and the resolution so poor (understandably) that unless you are drawing stick figures, it is simply impossible to use as a reference.
Muybridge's landmark photographic studies of human motion.......2003-01-21
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was the most significant contributor to the early study of human and animal locomotion, whose extensive studies were acknowledged by such pioneers of motion pictures as the Lumiere brothers and Thomas Edison. If you have ever seen slow-motion photography of a horse galloping and seen how they have all four hooves off the ground at the same time, then you can understand the fascination in the early days of photography of taking a series of pictures of people running, climbing stairs, or dancing. In fact, it was the horse that got Muybridge involved in this work. In 1872 Muybridge was enlisted to settle bet regarding the position of a trotting horse's legs. But using a camera with the fastest shutter speed available only provided a faint image. Five years later Muybridge used a battery of cameras with mechanically tripped shutters to show the what really happens (in fact, a trotting horse and a galloping horse move differently in having all four hooves off the ground simultaneously).
Consequently, Muybridge invented the zoopraxiscope, a primitive motion-picture machine, which recreated movement by displaying individual photographs in rapid succession. "The Human Figure in Motion" was first published in 1901 and reflects the work Muybridge did at the University of Pennsylvania, where he had been invited to work at the behest of the painting Thomas Eakins, who painted motion subjects, which explains why art students are even more interested in this book than scientists. Includes are over 160 motion studies of the human figure engaged in everything from dressing to hopping on one foot. There are almost 5,000 photographs in this 390 page clothbound edition. Be warned that most of the models, both adults and children, are "undraped" to use the vernacular of the time. In 1887 Muybridges's most important work, "Animal Locomotion," was published in 11 volumes containing over 100,000 photographs taken between 1872 and 1885. Obviously, "The Human Figure in Motion" is a more accessible way to appreciate Muybridge's groundbreaking work.
don't trust whitey.......2002-12-11
This book is great if you don't plan on drawing from it. although the pictures are nice ,contrasty black and whites they are small and repetitive. But what do I know? alot of obscure movie quotes.
Classic artist resource REQUIRED for any who draws people.......2002-11-23
This is a classic artist's resource that belongs on the shelf of anyone who draws people, at all. This book is filled with thousands of pictures of people doing many, many diverse activities. All of the pictures are of nude people, so as to allow the muscles to be seen clearly. This makes these 19th century photos timeless.
Never has anyone produced such a comprehensive reference of this sort, before, or since. He also produced classic works on the motion of animals, that you have probably seen before, whether you were aware that they were his works or not. Muybridge is a man for the ages. Hopefully, he will one day recieve the recognition that he deserves for his great contributions.
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Leaping, somersaulting, stretching, dancing figures animate this gallery of marvelous action poses, photographed for artists of all levels to use as reference when portraying human figures in motion.
Expertly composed and lit pictures of male and female models in suspended action show the body from numerous vantage points. Students practice figure drawing by copying the photos, while advanced artists use them as points of departure, altering body positions to suit specific compositional needs.
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used or not at all.......2007-05-27
like others said the pictures are grainy. not enough lighting on some...need some ethnic women...
Several Problems.......2007-01-13
I've seen several mentions of grainy photos, and they are grainy, however that is the least of the problems with this book.
First of all many of the figures have been traced out from the background the photo was taken with and pasted onto a plain white background, causing multiple problems, like persepctive and flat or squished body surfaces where the models were originally sitting or lying on something. The "cutting and pasting" is sloppily done, and in many of the photos the tips of toes and fingers have been cut off, very annoying.
Secondly, there are several photographs that take up two pages...but this is a bound book, so the entire center of the body is not visible, and because a portion is in the binding even the countour is not usable. In additon to the two page layouts, there are multiple other figures that fall directly in the center of the book, and are rendered unusable by the binding. The only thing I can figure is that this was originally a spiral bound book, or had pull out pages, like a magazine centerfold. I can't imagine someone would intentionally publish a book with such an awful layout.
Lastly, some of the "motion" figures are cheats. One in particular is clearly a man laying on something propped up on a pillow, but he has been cut and pasted as though it were an upright pose...maybe that explains why so many found the poses "unatural". That wouldn't be a big deal if the book wasn't called "The Figure In Motion", and was maybe titled "Some Figures In Motion, and Some Sedentary But Turned To Appear As Though They Were In Motion."
Couldn't give it no stars, as I will use some of the photos, but my money could most certainly have been better spent.
decent book, not a must-have.......2006-12-31
the photographs aren't of the BEST quality [very grainy], but that didn't really bother me much.
the poses are very un-natural and a little forced.
there is a lack of male models in this, so if you're looking to use this as a reference book for males i suggest you keep browsing elsewhere.
over-all a good buy.
The Figure in Motion.......2006-09-16
This is the best book on anatomy (for sculptors), that I have found so far!
Almost any shift of any muscle can be found in one of the photographs. Some of the pictures are a little too dark, but not so much that you can't get the pose. Since I found this book, I haven't needed any other anatomy books.
Must have book for your reference library.
figure in motion.......2006-08-05
i am pleased with this book. i can't imagine another pose that is not in this book on motion
Customer Reviews:
excellent reference source for the serious artist.......2007-05-22
Arrived in a timely fashion, in excellent condition and a fine addition to my resource library.
I love it.......2007-04-15
Although it is not really an instructional step by step book, I really enjoyed the drawings. very inspirational great reference book on motion, the only thing that I would have liked is more male figures in action. thats all.
Please Avoid!.......2007-04-07
I know that looking at books may help mostly from great artist. Don't misunderstood, Glenn Fabry is a very good artist.
But, here is the bad thing about this book. You are looking at his art from his sketch book, and yes you can see his style of art. The drawings you see are referenced from videos.
He doesn't give any help about the understanding the placement of muscles, shadows, etc. Because he doese not explain about them
Please, please, please! avoid it! It is usefull if you have a anatomy class and need different poses to copy from. But their are other books which will extremely help you like books from Cristopher Hart (Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy, Drawing Cutting Edge Comics, etc.)
tiny drawings.......2007-02-23
What a big error to buy this if you are looking to learn anything about anatomy or anything about drawing period. The entire book consist of little tiny sketches he did while watching an exercise tape.
No muscles at all.......2006-06-01
This was not what I expected. There is no instruction provided as to anatomy or musculature, just many sketches mostly from a female workout tape. The "muscles" were non-descript. Also, if you're considering this for a younger artist, several of the sketches have annotation that they were drawn from a "stripper" tape and are somewhat provocative both in content and "clever quips" as commentary by the artist; inappropriate to my way of thinking. I've returned the book to amazon.com despite having to eat the postage.
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This remarkable collection features 166 black-and-white, stopped-action photographic sequences by the forefather of motion pictures. Men and women, mostly nude, perform a variety of motions — running, jumping, lifting, and more. Essential for artists, illustrators, and animators, these strips can be put to numerous imaginative uses. Includes 10 bonus Flash animations plus 15 photographic sequences that are ready to be animated.
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Simulating and Generating Motions of Human Figures (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics)
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This book focuses on two issues related to human figures: realtime dynamics computation and interactive motion generation. In spite of the growing interest in human figures as both physical robots and virtual characters, standard algorithms and tools for their kinematics and dynamics computation have not been investigated very much.
"Simulating and Generating Motions of Human Figures" presents original algorithms to simulate, analyze, generate and control motions of human figures, all focusing on realtime and interactive computation. The book provides both practical methods for contact/collision simulation essential for the simulation of humanoid robots and virtual characters and a general framework for online, interactive motion generation of human figures based on the dynamics simulation algorithms.
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60 of the best, most representative sequences from original 5,000 prints. Taken at speeds up to 1/6000th of a second, incredibly precise images show undraped male and female subjects against a ruled background, running, walking, leaping, twisting, throwing, many other activities. Views from front, rear and three-quarter angle.
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Good references for animation........2005-11-09
This book has a lot of photos for understanding human locomotion.
Great, but a tip..........2000-08-17
Its all covered in "The Human Figure in Motion". If you want Muybridge, may as well get a more comprehensive volume, eh?
one of the great wonders of photography.......1999-11-26
Muybridge's seemingly artless photography sequences are one of the great wonders of photography, fascinating & humorous. How else could one react to a series of photos showing a nude woman stepping on to a chair to pour cold water on to another? Or to two young men playing leap frog?
Here are rather average bodies - by contemporary standards - throwing baseballs, kneeling & turning, heaving rocks, crawling, descending stairs, walking, running, carrying buckets, attempting a somersault while a pigeon crosses the path. The backgrounds of graphs & lines not only provide the artist's units of measurement, but establish a visual continuity more modern than he could have known.
The Male and Female Figure in Motion is a classic collection, beautifully produced & inexpensively priced. Great for artists & lovers of photography, this volume is part of Dover Publication's Pictorial Archive series, which means you are free to use them in your arts & crafts or post them on web pages. Dover also offers a companion collection of Muybridge's important animal locomotion photographs.
Bob Rixon
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