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| The Nude Female Figure: A Visual Reference for the Artist | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark E. Smith
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 88611
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0823099911
Dewey Decimal Number: 704.9421
EAN: 9780823099917
ASIN: 0823099911
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
Release Date: October 2, 2007
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Product Description
Standing. Seated. Reclining. Kneeling. Bending. Crouching. Running. World-renowned photographer Mark Edward Smith has captured women of every age and form in every type of movement, then gathered his striking, unusual images into The Nude Female Figure. An indispensable reference for artists who have limited access to live figure models, this remarkable book features striking images of shapely young women as well as elegiac photos of more mature women. The models in these full-color pictures include women of every type--slender women, not-so-slender women, pregnant women, and women of color. A special section shows close-ups of the hands and feet. Each pose is beautiful, and the unparalleled attention to composition, lighting, and reproduction make it easy for artists to see the relationships between the parts of the body and to study the classic female figure.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 add another to the library September 9, 2008
I have the Author's previous book and when I saw his new one I had to have it.
I love that a few of the models are more "real sized" as most books tend to only have athletic or thin shaped women.
I love the pregnant figgure section as always.
The hands and feet are a real treat.
Perfect Referene June 7, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had a need for a reference of body structure. The book I selected was exactly what I needed. I will keep this book forever and will be able to use it many times. I was very satisfied with this book.
 Very Disappointing May 10, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is a very poor implementation of a good idea. As an artists' visual reference, this book is a waste of time and money.
The quality of the book is very poor. The binding won't allow the book to lay flat. There was debris on many of the plates when the photographs were printed. There are ink smudges on pages. The the ink rubs off of photographs, so even a gentle touch when taking measurements for drawing, can damage the photographs.
The photography is poor quality. Most of the photographs are grainy, dark backgrounds, lack detail. The lighting wasn't in the normal 10 o'clock position, but from strange angles, casting odd shadows, obscuring important details. Several photographs suffer motion blur.
The poses are stiff and unnatural. None of the poses are from different camera angles for full, half, three-quarter drawing.
Some of the models should have taken a shower and a shave before being photographed. Many of the models have dirty feet, dirty fingernails, dry/bad skin, ugly blemishes and scars. One model is unhealthily thin. A few of the models have bunyons, malformed toes, very unattractive extremities. Several of the models had their faces covered with their hands, or unnaturally positioned head/hair. All of the models look extremely insecure and uncomfortable.
This book seems to be nothing more than a cheesy, "Look how many ladies I talked into posing naked, (and how many suckers I conned into buying this useless book)." My money would have been better spent hiring a model and taking my own photographs!
 excelent source bood April 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
this is a great resource book for those artists who do not have the time or money to be able to meet up with a figure drawing group. Also it is good if you do not know of a local group to join.
Great study material February 17, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The pictures are well taken and very usefull for art study, to use as models for paintings and other art.
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