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As the human body moves, muscles contract and relax, creating subtle changes in body contours and shifting patterns of light and shadow on the skin's surface. Visualizing exactly what happens beneath the skin to cause these changes on the surface is of interest to artists, physical therapists and body builders - to anyone who needs to understand the body in motion. This book aims to be a visual aid to drawing, sculpting and learning surface anatomy. A live model is made to look as though his skin has been stripped off - skin muscles, tendons and fascial sheaths having been painted on him - and photographed in multiple poses. For each pose there are paired photographs - one painted and labelled, one not - aiming to help one to grasp how the simulated muscles produce the subtle lights and darks, hills and valleys, on the model's unpainted skin.

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A valuable book that every serious art student will need. M. Stephen Doherty, Editor-in-Chief, American Artist This is one of the most imaginative and novel approaches to anatomical studies I have seen in over twenty years of teaching life drawing. It is a valuable resource for serious teachers of figure drawing. Robert Brawley, Chairman, Department of Art, University of Kansas Visualizing Muscles is a unique and exciting approach for studying surface anatomy . . . . accomplished in a painstakingly precise and beautifully executed manner. . . . It offers a tremendous amount of accurate visual information, which helps one understand not only the form of the human figure, but also the changes in form that occur during movement. This book is a must for medical illustrators. Gary P. Lees, Chairman and Director, Art as Applied to Medicine, Johns Hopkins University A whimsical, factual way to see the body in positions not usually offered in anatomy books. Massage Therapy A painstakingly precise project and is a most imaginative and novel approach to anatomical studies. Journal of Anatomy Artists and sculptors will find this book invaluable in learning to appreciate surface anatomical detail. Physical Therapy This book will prove invaluable as either an enhancement to one s human anatomy education or as a clear reference on surface anatomy for artists, physical and massage therapists, medical students and body builders. Manhattan Mercury

A valuable book that every serious art student will need. --<b>M. Stephen Doherty</b>, Editor-in-Chief, American Artist This is one of the most imaginative and novel approaches to anatomical studies I have seen in over twenty years of teaching life drawing. It is a valuable resource for serious teachers of figure drawing. --<b>Robert Brawley</b>, Chairman, Department of Art, University of Kansas <i>Visualizing Muscles</i> is a unique and exciting approach for studying surface anatomy . . . . accomplished in a painstakingly precise and beautifully executed manner. . . . It offers a tremendous amount of accurate visual information, which helps one understand not only the form of the human figure, but also the changes in form that occur during movement. This book is a must for medical illustrators. --<b>Gary P. Lees</b>, Chairman and Director, Art as Applied to Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

-A valuable book that every serious art student will need.---M. Stephen Doherty, Editor-in-Chief, American Artist -This is one of the most imaginative and novel approaches to anatomical studies I have seen in over twenty years of teaching life drawing. It is a valuable resource for serious teachers of figure drawing.---Robert Brawley, Chairman, Department of Art, University of Kansas -Visualizing Muscles is a unique and exciting approach for studying surface anatomy . . . . accomplished in a painstakingly precise and beautifully executed manner. . . . It offers a tremendous amount of accurate visual information, which helps one understand not only the form of the human figure, but also the changes in form that occur during movement. This book is a must for medical illustrators.---Gary P. Lees, Chairman and Director, Art as Applied to Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

A valuable book that every serious art student will need. --M. Stephen Doherty, Editor-in-Chief, American Artist This is one of the most imaginative and novel approaches to anatomical studies I have seen in over twenty years of teaching life drawing. It is a valuable resource for serious teachers of figure drawing. --Robert Brawley, Chairman, Department of Art, University of Kansas Visualizing Muscles is a unique and exciting approach for studying surface anatomy . . . . accomplished in a painstakingly precise and beautifully executed manner. . . . It offers a tremendous amount of accurate visual information, which helps one understand not only the form of the human figure, but also the changes in form that occur during movement. This book is a must for medical illustrators. --Gary P. Lees, Chairman and Director, Art as Applied to Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

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