Figures, faces & folds: women's form and dress for artists, students and designers

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"This magnificently illustrated art instruction manual ranges from classical to contemporary eras in its highly detailed historical overview of the depiction of women in drawings, paintings, sculpture, and photography. Black-and-white photographs, line drawings, and reproductions of paintings by Botticelli, Rubens, Vermeer, and other masters complement chapters on drapery studies, the anatomy of dress, standard poses, and other topics. Over 100 reference photos offer an additional resource for artists"--;Drawing the figure and the face -- Faces, as represented by great artists and sculptors of the past -- Drapery -- Drapery studies from the old masters -- The anatomy of dress -- Dress design and fashion drawing -- The professor of anatomy -- Notes on the standard poses -- The standard poses -- Hands and gloves -- Enlarged details from the standard poses. Drawing the figure and the face -- Faces, as represented by great artists and sculptors of the past -- Drapery -- Drapery studies from the old masters -- The anatomy of dress -- Dress design and fashion drawing -- The professor of anatomy -- Notes on the standard poses -- The standard poses -- Hands and gloves -- Enlarged details from the standard poses.