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An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists |  | Authors: W. Ellenberger, H. BAUM, H. DITTRICH
Creator: LEWIS S. BROWN
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 31313
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Revised
Pages: 151
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 9.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0486200825
Dewey Decimal Number: 743.6
EAN: 9780486200828
ASIN: 0486200825
Publication Date: June 1, 1956
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Product Description
Includes clear directions for drawing horses, dogs, cats, lions, cattle, deer, and more. Covers muscles, skeleton, and surface features. An enlarged edition of the basic work in the field. 288 illustrations.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 21
A Narrow Scope, But The Highest Level Available November 21, 2008
Marshall Vandruff (Laguna Niguel, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Here's my review after teaching Animal Anatomy for Artists in universities for eleven years, as well as to concept artists, animators and modelers in game corporations.
These are the most authoritative and beautifully rendered plates available.
But let me list the limitations and irritations:
1) The terms are on separate pages from the plates. It's maddening to go back and forth between pages to find the names!
2) The book will not teach you how to draw. You must learn that from Hultgren and the Cortina Famous Artists' Library and Joe Weatherly & Glenn Vilppu... and if you'll allow the plug: me.
3) The names of bones and muscles are not consistent with modern terms.
4) It's mainly Horse, Lion & Dog, and a few others, some of which are drawn by artists inferior to Ellenberger.
So don't go to this book for variety. Go to it for comprehensive anatomy. It will save you years of dissections.
And - it's the most sensitive pencil rendering I've ever seen. Ellenberger is more subtle in modulating surface changes than Escher or Ingres or anyone. I've looked at these plates for countless hours with critical eyes and I always end up admiring them more.
It belongs in every animal artist's library, along with Eliot Goldfinger's book which balances out the shortcomings of Ellenberger. Both books are for the ambitious artist, who will find them worth a hundred times what they cost.
- Marshall Vandruff [...]
 Perfect for Artists! Just as the title says! October 23, 2008
S. Oswald (Idaho, USA)
This book is awesome! It has large drawings of muscles and bones over a variety of animals. Excllent reference book, and a must have for the serious artist!
An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists June 18, 2007
C. White (Gilbert, AZ USA)
My daughter really liked this book but she wants to be a Veterinarian. Very involved. Excellent book if you want to capture all the nuances of the animals body. A must have for the serious animal artist. It helps to know the correct structure of the animal.
useful 3d modeling guide January 11, 2007
Evangeline Neo (CA,USA)
I bought this book after a classmate in my 3d organic modeling class brought it in to share. It is great as reference for 3d modeling in maya, zbrush, whatever you are using. That's because it has all kinds of view like side, top, front and even more detail drawings of paws or head. The price is affordable too and the softcover makes it easy to scan and flip.
Great work August 15, 2005
Heather Strand
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an easy book to understand an animal anatomy for people leaning toward the creative side of life and missing some understanding of the scientific part.
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