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| Master Class in Figure Drawing | 
 enlarge | Authors: Robert Hale, Terence Coyle
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 105010
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0823030148
Dewey Decimal Number: 743.49
EAN: 9780823030149
ASIN: 0823030148
Publication Date: September 1, 1991
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Product Description
Robert Beverly Hale is recognized as America?s greatest teacher of figure drawing and artistic anatomy. His legendary classes at the Art Students League in New York, where he taught for forty years, inspired generations of artists. Now Watson Guptill is proud to present his towering masterpiece, Master Class in Figure Drawing, in its 25th Anniversary Edition. Combining Hale?s words with the Old Master drawings on which his teaching method is based, the book captures the excitement of the great teacher?s classrooms. Each page radiates Hale?s magnetism, clarity, and wit; each chapter re-creates the drama of the lecture as Hale demonstrates that mastery of the figure and mastery of anatomy are inseparable. Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Rubens, Raphael, and scores of other artists illuminate each point. Learn from the great masters?both master teachers and master artists?with Master Class in Figure Drawing.
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 Buy only for the Old Master drawings June 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The author goes into lengthy, detailed explanation of how Rembrandt
understands the ligaments and bones underneath one of his quick sketches of women. Right. The author actually urges the reader to "go buy some bones"!
This is taking anatomy too far! I've studied anatomy intensely one summer.
It helped me a little, but still one must simply draw nudes from life or photos in natural (not schematic) poses. If you peel away the skin of the body, the muscle formations do NOT look like how flesh and fat lays over them! Therefore, RB Hale (who has no work of his own to show here!) overstates the necessity of anatomy with these
books. No doubt the old masters knew some anatomy, but more importantly they just practiced drawing a lot from life and their imagination, and memorized "how light hits flesh". Knowing the name and placement of all the bones and muscles in the world won't make your figures sing, but look like "anatomy studies". To make them sing, you need to know how flesh looks under light, in SPITE of what's underneath. Also, it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to know how a deltoid, or any other muscle, looks in 360%, in different levels of flex, on different bodies! Therefore, buy this book for the master drawings alone, and skip RB Hale's text. It's pedantic and useless. A better book on anatomy are Joseph Shephard's books.
 Eureka! April 1, 2007
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
The missing piece of the jigsaw for me.
After a coupe of years of drawing from observation, Beverley Hale finally revealed the truth - what you is only half of the equation.
 Caroline's words February 13, 2007
6 out of 19 found this review helpful
I bought another book, anatomy lessons from the greaat masters by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle, which contains 100 great figure drawings analysis. Its printing is bigger and easier to read than Master Class in Figure Drawing,compiled and edited by Terence Coyle
Achievement. January 10, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is incredible,every artist should have it in his/her reference library.
Page after page of artistic anatomy and drawings of the masters,Leonardo,Rubens,,Degas,Michelangelo.
I practice my drawing skills by copying the masters and learning a lot in the process.
Companion to tape series by Robert B. Hale August 18, 2005
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
I purchased the companion tape series from Jo-An Pictures Ltd in NYC (212-532-5003) several years ago. The book and tapes record the lectures given by Robert Beverly Hale at the Art Student's League in NYC. You may never find better instruction on artistic anatomy and drawing the human form! He was without doubt the greatest instructor of this subject! The tapes are almost like attending his classes! You must draw from life as well as study this material to master the subject. If you cannot afford the tapes, at least get this book! You will not find a better investment but you must also make the effort! A valid observation from his lectures: 'You can not draw a form, if you don't know it exists.' If you want to draw figures that will impress other artists, clients with medical training or other sophisticated viewers, then master the lessons in this book!
I believe Tony Ryder may have attended Robert Hale's lectures at the Art Student's League. Also get Tony Ryder's book entitled "The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing". It represents the other traditional approach to figure drawing. His explanation of light and shadow on the human form is the best I have ever seen. He emphasizes that it takes many hours to complete a finished drawing. Quick sketches are good for warming up but it's only one aspect of practice. Both books are well worth the investment!
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