Modeling the Figure in Clay: A Sculptor's Guide to Anatomy

by Bruno Lucchesi, Margit Malmstrom (Contributor)

For thirty years, Modeling the Figure in Clay has been an indispensable anatomical resource for people who think, see, and understand form best in the round: sculptors. In the thirtieth anniversary edition of this classic work, master sculptor Bruno Lucchesi invites you on a guided tour of the human form. Follow him as he creates a figure in clay—literally from the inside out—starting with the skeleton, laying on the muscles to show male and female anatomy, and finishing with a complete figure sculpture with every detail of face and hair carefully modeled.
 
BRUNO LUCCHESI’s work has been added to the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Dallas Museum, among many others. Lucchesi has received awards from the National Academy, the National Arts Club, and the Architectural League. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1962-1963, he won a Gold Medal award from the National Academy of Design in 1990, and was awarded the Polich Tallix Foundry Prize from the National Sculpture Society in 2009.

Genres: Art, Reference

144 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1980

Reviews

[Jesse Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this on a plane, and now I feel like I need to find time to follow along with it and a block of WED or something.

[Vernon · Rating 5 out of 5]

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