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Title: The Nude Female Figure: A Visual Reference for the Artist
ISBN: 0823099911
Author:
Mark E. Smith
Publicate Date: 2007-10-02
Publish: 2007-10-02
List Price: $29.95
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Perfect Referene
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.
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2: Very Disappointing
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!
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3: excelent source bood
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.
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4: Great study material
The pictures are well taken and very usefull for art study, to use as models for paintings and other art.
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5: An invaluable reference.
Over two hundred color photos by photographer Mark Edward Smith capture women of all types in a range of classic poses, both traditional full-body and with close-ups of hands and feet as well. Accompanying these photos are an organization by type of pose, which allows for a quick visual reference for photographers. Any collection appealing to photographers and artists will find THE NUDE FEMALE FIGURE: A VISUAL REFERENCE FOR THE ARTIST an invaluable reference.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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