Sunday, September 21, 2008

Rib Cage Studies I

These are the images I found of old Master drawings with attention to figure drawing. Both of the first drawings were found in the book, Drawing in Early Renaissance Italy by Francis Ames-Lewis. and the last drawing was taken from Leonardo Da Vinci: The Divine and the Grotesque by Martin Clayton.Benozzo Gozzoli, Studies of nudes. Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Silverpoint, with white heightening, on violet prepared paper; 22.5 x 15.5 cm.

Antonio Pollaiuo, Nude youth. Bayonne, Musee Bonnat, 1269. Pen and ink on paper; 26.8x8.8 cm.Leonardo Da Vinci, The proportions of the body according to Vitruvius, c.1490. Pen and ink with touches of wash, over stylus 34.4 x 24.5 cm.

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