The sculptor and art students' guide to the proportions of the human form
By: by Gottfried Schadow ; the plates reproduced by John Sutcliffe ; the text translated from the German by James J. Wright.
Contributors: Sutcliffe, John, 1956-
Edition: reprint
Publisher: Chapman and Hall
Published: 1883
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780982167809
Subjects: Human figure in art.; Proportion (Art)
Other titles: Art-student's guide to the proportions of the human form.
Description: This guide to the proportions of the human form is a reformatted reproduction of the famous but hard to find work by Johann Gottfried Shadow. It includes images of plates engraved by John Sutcliffe from the English translation, and images of the original German plates. The original was a huge book, each plate was 24" by 19" for this version the large plates were photographed to reproduce them on a single page, but also reproduced in sections so they can be seen as large as possible. It includes an introduction, a history of the study of human proportion and a description of the plates plus the original German plates reproduced on single pages. Schadow based based his work on the pioneering work of the Greek Sculptor Polycletus who both wrote a treatise on human proportion and sculpted a figure to illustrate his work. Polycletus was among the creators of classical Greek sculpture, famous for his naturalism.
Notes: Translation of: Polyclet.
Cover title: Art-student's guide to the proportions of the human form.
At head of title: Published by the authority of the Committee of Council on Education.
Table of contents: title: List of Plates; title: Plate I. First Sheet of Heads; title: Plate II. Second Sheet of Heads; title: Plate III. Birth and Four Months; title: Plate IV. Eight Months and One Year; title: Plate V. Eighteen Months Two Years and Thirty Months; title: Plate VI. Three Years and Four Years; title: Plate VII.Five Years and Six Years; title: Plate VIII. Seven Years and Eight Years; title: Plate IX. Nine Years and Ten Years; title: Plate X. Eleven Years and Twelve Years; title: Plate XI. Thirteen Years and Fourteen Years; title: Plate XII. Fifteen Years; title: Plate XIII. Seventeen Years; title: Plate XIV. Medium Height Male; title: Plate XV. Male; title: Plate XVI. Heros; title: Plate XVII. Female; title: Plate XVIII. Female Average Proportio; title: Plate XIX. Venus Medicis; title: Plate XX. Woman of Maximum Height; title: Plate XXI. Comparison of Females; title: Plate XXII. Third Sheet of Heads; title: Plate XXIII. Fourth Sheet of Heads; title: Plate XXIV. Fifth Sheet of Heads; title: Plate XXV. Proportion Drawing After Nature; title: Plate XXVI. Proportions of the Borghese Gladiator; title: Plate XXVII. Comparisons of Male Proportions; title: Plate XXVIII. First Table - Figure of Christ, Elgin Marbles Theseus, Pugilist by Canova; title: Plate XXIX. Second Table - Comparisons of Male Proportions; title: Plate XXX. Third Table - Comparisons Male and Female