num_pages: 208
description: More than two hundred full-color photos of women in motion and at restStanding. Seated. Reclining. Kneeling. Bending. Crouching. Running. World-renowned photographerMark 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 forartists who have limited access to live figure models,this remarkable book features striking imagesof shapely young women as well as elegiac photos ofmore mature women. The models in these full-colorpictures include women of every type—slenderwomen, not-so-slender women, pregnant women,and women of color. A special section shows closeupsof the hands and feet. Each pose is beautiful, andthe unparalleled attention to composition, lighting,and reproduction make it easy for artists to see therelationships between the parts of the body and tostudy the classic female figure.A must-have reference for all artistsBeautiful composition and lighting by aworld-renowned photographer andbest-selling author—125,000 books soldAll in color for the first time—at same greatprice as The Nude Figure
language: English
title: The Nude Female Figure: A Visual Reference for the Artist
titlecomplete: The Nude Female Figure: A Visual Reference for the Artist
genres: Drawing, Reference, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 80
publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns