Lessons from Michelangelo: figure drawing based on techniques of the master

151 Pages·1986·40.72 MB·English

by  Michael Burban

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INTRODUCTION
do,/ \dh e vlewingo drown g show Rotheitn o moslp eosurablew oyl, wsn ledl o
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Vhod on etperience thot offected m-- st down wilh you,l ooka i lhesem ognf icent
:eeplyLs cosuoy wo kedlhroughihero om, workso nd beg n d scussn g thoseo speclso f
:aw o drowingI coudn't toke my ey€s olf, eoch wgrkt hol o re cleo resi1 l.o bserveo s we
:nd ol lhe olherd rowlngss eemeds ho ow os mosii mporlonil o lirstr olef gure drowing
! and unds lingus hedb y compors on.T hoi Iire drawn gss ee cied ior th s trooks how
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:rcwingw oso nudes fudyb y M chelongelo ih,. figurei n manyw rols posesir om a ldi
lihough hod been lomi or wlh terenlp o nlso fvew Thereis o greoloppodu
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ongelotw orko l my fe, iseemedl hol nly here1 0o bserveh owo moslerd rcflsmon
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.nly now perhopsb ecouseo f myeducolion foreshodenms onyo l the fofmso f lhe body
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:nd troinn g,w asl recept\€to hh nfe|preto ond chongesl heif shopesi n ihe different
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?nso f lhe figufe nfocl,ilwasosf hodn-.ver
:eenlhemb eforeo ndlholnothingc ouldb e Anyonew ho serousl$y ontsl o underslond
-ore exciiinglh cn lo be n ihe presenceo f greolf rgured rowingm usld e\r'cieo conslder
_ gh Renoissoncoed ond flnol y hovee yes ob e omounlofl irnel olhesludyofo nolomy
_rolc oud seei t hoveo nlyc oncenlroledo n the mosli mpor
Sincelh ol doy I ho!€ been lhoroLrghlny ionl muscleso nd musceg roupso n l1_isel r
,c\,€d n the processo nd mogico f drowing face of the f gure Forg reolerc lorlv I ho\€
_.1efg ure My increosedk nowledgeh os ncludedn extl o Michelongelowb orkso di
_e\€rde$royed lhe sponlonellyo nd mogcl ogromo f lhe skeletonsh own g ony ihe mus
' hoso nlye nhoncedi lgreoiy ln foct,I ho!€ cle or muscesu nderd iscussionT heseo re
'rund thol drown g wthouto frm foundolion nlended io he p you underslondo nd re-
_ lhe p ncpes of onoiomy s mored iflicuI anembeer xocilyw hereo fom beginsa nd
ron ihe ocil.rol sdrnn g of lhosep rnciples
When begoni o wte lh s book,m Yi nTen- Thesew rl ngso Tei o be consideredo n in-
_3nw qsi o keep the spirl of fgu€ drowing troductono rc otolysilo o pfofounds lLlctiyh oi
.iocl.lho!€ nol oltempledi o soye veMhing yo! w spendl he resto f )o!r doyse nJoyn g.I
roi con be saido boul drowing,n or frove fei stronglyih ol \tonled lo createo book
- ed to lisio lLihem usce so flhe h!mon body ihoi would knockd own some borefs ond
iclher,i no mosip leoslroblew qyI, \ tonlectl o a low \,oungo rihisi o beg n to reqllyu ndef-
: i downw iih \,ou,l ooko l thesem ognifcenl stondt he lormso ffhe flgure,lil sc leorto me
I ,,crkso nd begind iscusslntgh osec spectso f thal f wonledi he reoderl o shorem y g€oT
',llch6ongelo3\^ ofkl hoi ore ceoresll o ob- enihlsiosmfo r onolomyandd rqwng prlnc-
:?tueo s wel os mosl imporianti o lilsl_roiep es, wou d have lo expresss ome comp ex
'3iJ|ed rown g, deos in o more simplfed wqy ond I loke
when lbegon io wriiei hisb ook,m y inien responsibiV lor thot.
rn wosi o keepl he spit of figured rowng N4orelh on on!4hnge se, lhis book isi he
_ioct, ho\€ nol oliernptedto soye \€Mh ng expresosn of o lo\,€ affor thol I hoveh odw llh
-ci con be sod oboui drowng,n or hoveI the exhoordinoryd rawlngso f lhe greolesl
- ed to sla I the mlrscleosf the humonb odl mostero f the figureM, cheongeo.
Michoe Bubon
NewY orkC ly,1 986
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