The human figure : the complete "Dresden sketchbook" /
Language: English Original language: German Publication details: New York : Dover Publications, ©1972Description: xviii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:- 0486210421
- 9780486210421
- Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528. Skizzenbuch von Albrecht Dürer in der Königlichen öffentlichen Bibliothek zu Dresden
- NC251.D8 S75 1972
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | NC 251 DUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0005044 |
"The illustrations have been reproduced from those in the portfolio Das Skizzenbuch von Albrecht Dürer in der Königlichen öffentlichen Bibliothek zu Dresden, edited by Robert Bruck."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-347).
List of plates -- Notes on the use of the commentary -- Plates and commentaries. I. Studies in human proportion ; II. Studies of animals ; III. Geometrical, architectural, and perspective studies ; IV. Miscellaneous studies -- Concordance to Dresden folio numbers -- Concordance to Bruck numbers -- Watermarks of the papers used for the Dresden sketchbook.
Contains reproductions of a bound collection of various drawings made for Dürer's own reference or in preparation for some of his works, particularly Four books on human proportion.
This incredible collection contains drawings in which Durer experimented with many methods: the "anthropometric system," learned from Leonardo; the "exempeda" method, known to most as the man inscribed in a circle, the human figure in motion and much more. While some drawings are theoretical, many more are life studies that rank among the finest ever done. 170 plates.