Drawing the Human Body: an Anatomical Guide - art supplies - Book Review

Arts & Activities, March, 2003 by Jerome J. Hausman

(2001; $19.95), by Giovanni Civardi. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016.

In the preface, the author observes, "Everyone sees what they have learned to see," and adds, This is the conviction that has guided my life's work and in particular, this present book, in which I have tried to focus the artist's attention on the exterior form of the body and reveal, although synthetically, the underlying anatomic structure that determined the visible form."

Appropriate for advanced high school or college students, this book contains well-illustrated examples using nude models. It is an in-depth approach to understanding body parts and how they can be rendered with accuracy and detail. For information about this publication, circle No. 391 on the Reader Service Card.