Morpho: Anatomy for Artists

Morpho: Anatomy for Artists #1

by Michel Lauricella

In this book, Michel Lauricella presents both his artistic and systematic methods for drawing the human body--with drawing techniques from the �corch� (showing the musculature underneath the skin) to sketches of models in action. In more than 1000 illustrations, the human body is shown from a new perspective--from bone structure to musculature, from anatomical detail to the body in motion. Morpho is a rich, fascinating, and helpful book that can go with you everywhere on your sketching journey.

Genres: Art, Drawing, Nonfiction, Reference, Collections, How To

380 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2017

About the author

Michel Lauricella is a French artist who has worked at various fine arts studios in Paris and at Gobelins. He currently teaches at Lisaa and Fabrica 114 and is the author of various drawing manuals.

Reviews

[Casey Pursifull · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lauricella introduced me to morphology and a world of a true artist's perspective. I found this book in passing, and I was curious to study human anatomy outside of the normal biological curve. We are all historical forms, and in the muscles and skin you can find so many stories. We are a rhythmic wave, not only circulation.

[Taufan Fardianzah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Collective illustration of human anatomy based on Écorché by Michel Lauricella, You should use this book as supplement with other anatomy books in order to improve your knowledge on anatomy posthaste.

[Technikolore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dziś bedzie opinia/recenzja na temat książki "Morpho" wydanej przez @wydawnictworelacja . Chociaż tytuł mówi "anatomia dla artystów" słowo "morpho" to skrót od "morfologia", za pomocą którego Paul Richer chciał opisywać bardziej syntetyczne i artystyczne podejście do anatomii niż to fragmentaryczno-medyczne. Książka skupia się na omówieniu i planszach tych elementów anatomii, które znajdują się najbliżej skóry i składają się na to, co kształtuje to, co widzimy. Dzięki zrozumieniu jak komponują się dane kości z mięśniami i tkanką tłuszczową łatwiej będzie zrozumieć rysowanie człowieka na dłuższą metę. Ale nauka tego wszystkiego... cóż, też jest na dłużej, bo w ogromie pojęć i zależności ciężko się tak szybko odnaleźć i trzeba mieć otwarty umysł. Ja zaczęłam od metody odwzorowywania przykładowych plansz, z których w dużej mierze książka się składa - od ogółu do szczegółu i w takiej formie ćwiczenia odpowiadają mi póki co najbardziej, ale może się kiedyś wgryzę bardziej.

Książka jest wydana bardzo elegancko - papier kredowy, twardsza oprawa czy wstążka do zaznaczania stron robią robotę.

Ogólnie jestem zadowolona z takiego podejścia omawiania anatomii dla artystów, gdzie koncentrujemy się na tym, co przyda się na rysunku, a nie na anatomii w stricte lekarskim ujęciu, ale wrzuconej do podręcznika do rysowania.
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[Xavier · Rating 3 out of 5]

More anatomy than art instruction

Great reference for drawing anatomy but no instruction on the drawing itself. This book is good for learning the internal structures and how they bend and fold but it's not an art instruction book.

I'm going to re-read and draw and label along as a way to further understand and memorize the various parts of bone and muscle

[Reeda Booke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations! I love this book, it has helped me quite a bit. I recommend the whole set.

[Samuel A · Rating 5 out of 5]

My only wish is that there were a book like this for physical movement and sequences.

[Maya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Książka bardziej dla profesjonalnych artystów i studentów rysunku niż amatorów. Dużo anatomii i nazw anatomicznych, ale wszystko na szkicach jest ładnie i czytelnie rozrysowane z różnych perspektyw.

[D.T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven’t had a chance to really digest everything since I only have this as a library hold. But I think this is a really good resource for artists. This isn’t a how-to-draw book, but it explains anatomical reasoning like how an ear is leveled to a jawbone or how long an arm should be from the kneecap. It also provides some interesting poses outside of the usual sitting and standing. The artist shows some bigger body types toward the end, which is a pleasant surprise from most art books.

Shapes and simplifying the body are heavily emphasized. The book shows multiple times how to take a shape of a person’s pose, make a skeletal figure, and then add the meat and muscles. It doesn't teach you how to add muscle, but you understand where fat accumulates in the body and how curvatures and certain parts should look. You can fill in the gaps of knowledge easily, I think.

This is a great companion to a life drawing class or when drawing from reference pictures.

[Rommel & Abi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a beautifully illustrated book. What sets this apart from other anatomy or figure drawing books is its amount of invented drawing poses. The author has depicted the human form, showing the muscles underneath the skin, in various angles. The drawings are rendered with a dynamic line and minimal tonal rendering.

This is not strictly a “how-to” book and definitely not for the beginner. But if you already have a good foundation on figure drawing and anatomy, the depictions in this book will give a fresh perspective and good alternative to tightly-rendered, hyper-detailed anatomy books.

[Kathleen Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is very exciting. Beautiful drawing interesting poises I particularly like the drawing of the body with muscles and bone showing under neath.

I particularly liked the way the body is drawn with bones and muscles underneath. I recommend that anyone interested in anatomy have a look at this book

[mariuszowelektury · Rating 5 out of 5]

Michel Lauricella nie pisze o ciele. On je rozkłada – z chirurgiczną precyzją i zmysłem rysownika. W „Morpho. Anatomia dla artystów” nie znajdziemy długich, teoretycznych wykładów ani medycznego słownictwa. Zamiast tego: obraz, forma, gest. Ciało potraktowane nie jako zbiór tkanek, lecz jako złożona maszyna ruchu – przełożona na linie, bryły, napięcia.

To nie jest podręcznik akademicki, czy kurs nauki rysunku. To szkicownik mistrza, który pokazuje, jak rysować nie to, co widzisz – lecz to, co jest ukryte pod skórą, tkankami. Lauricella prowadzi czytelnika przez anatomiczne strefy ciała: mięśnie, stawy, proporcje, ale przede wszystkim – przez ich logikę działania. Ramię uniesione nie tylko zmienia kształt barku – zmienia też relacje między formami. Kolano zgięte – przekształca całą linię nogi.

Książka jest niemal pozbawiona tekstu – krótkie opisy są tylko wskazówką. Główna treść to setki rysunków: czystych, technicznych, a zarazem sugestywnych. Ich jasna i syntetyczna fora świetnie nadaje się do analizy czy kopiowania. To przewaga i wada jednocześnie. To anatomia przez formę, dla tych, którzy już wiedzą, jak trzymać ołówek, ale chcą nauczyć się widzieć jak rzeźbiarz.
„Morpho. Anatomia dla artystów” uczy , jak narysować element ciała, by wyglądał jak żywy. To książka do podglądania, kopiowania, rozbierania postaci na warstwy. Idealna dla tych, którzy chcą robić więcej niż tylko ładne szkice – chcą zrozumieć architekturę ciała.

[Cora Coral]

Eu nem acredito que consegui terminar um livro de anatomia! Estou estudando desenho por conta própria. Até recomendaram em vários vídeos ver sobre anatomia mais pra frente. Mas, eu tava muito curiosa e não entendia algumas coisas, e sentia que isso fazia com que os desenhos não atingissem o nível que eu queria.
Decidi ler esse livro só como uma forma de entender o assunto de forma geral, pra tirar aquela intimidação de estudar anatomia e depois ver cada detalhe com mais calma. Dessa primeira vez, não fiz muitas anotações. Foquei em entender o livro num geral, para saber o que me espera quando eu pegar esse assunto pra fazer estudos longos e detalhados.
Ainda não tinha uma grande noção de anatomia, principalmente para desenho, e consegui entender boa parte do livro! O que eu sabia era o que todo mundo aprendeu na escola e algumas coisas que fui aprendendo com vídeos no youtube. Fiquei meio perdida no começo, mas depois peguei o jeito. Amei!
(obs.: comecei esse livro bem antes do que eu registrei aqui, mas só lembrei de registrar muito tempo depois, esse livro levou bem mais tempo do que está aqui)

[Alexia Dauvergne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Must-have anatomy book !
It is a collection of very good life-drawn sketches of the human figure. It is good to strengthen your grasp of human anatomy (for drawing) and use as reference to train your sketching skills. This book covers a bit of everything and is divided in sections : torso, arms, legs/pelvis, heads, full figures.
There are other smaller books of the collection that digs deeper in specific subjects.
There is no instructions nor step-by-step and only a very few texts overall.

[Polina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an excellent introduction into the human anatomy for artist. It focuses on the bone structures and muscles that create body shapes throughout various rages of motion.
The illustrations are well detailed and understandable.
I will keep this book nearby as a reference for my future model studies.

[Esteban · Rating 5 out of 5]

El primer tomo es una colección de ilustraciones que muestran lo esencial para construir un volumen debajo del pelo, la grasa y la piel. No es un libro de anatomía riguroso, ni tampoco un tutorial encuadernado sobre como dibujar la figura humana, pero funciona muy bien desde la pedagogía de hacer primero y descubrir para qué después.

[freddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again, the CAWPILE rating system doesn't really apply, but this book was also really useful. Lots of useful little tips and tricks in this one where it comes to the morphology of the body. Almost felt like I was back in my anatomy + physiology classes looking through the muscle studies lmao

[✩ *̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩͙ Fran *̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙ ✩ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really liked this book to practice drawing .
I have it on my Kindle , and since all the drawings are made of graffito it works perfectly.
Highly recommend this book of you want to practice and learn accurate basic anatomy 🧠🫁🫀

[Jimin Ssi · Rating 5 out of 5]

If your beginning in drawing and want to get better at anatomy and human body just read this and draw every page for like 1/2 month combined with other human model references and I PROMISE you will get better.
This book is so perfect and easy to follow it makes anatomy very fun and interesting !

[Ren Basel · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredible resource for artists trying to get a handle on human anatomy, with plenty of examples of different body types and easy-to-understand breakdowns of complex anatomy. The text is helpful, and the illustrations are easy to understand and copy for practice.

[Verlie Myers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for artists. It shows what's going on internally but aimed at drawing, not medicine.

[Besaida Sanchez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente libro

Ayuda a entender la anatomía humana, pues contiene dibujos que muestran el comportamiento de los músculos y los huesos, según la pose dibujada.

[Cherrie Wang · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a top tier artistic anatomy book. copy it cover to cover, read every word, and you’ll know how to draw human anatomy— easy as that

[Ana Viñals Rioja · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd never thought how important is knowing the anatomy in order to stablish a better base to draw. This book is a helpful guide to discover the human body geography

[- · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is sexy because it tells you where the fat deposits on the body are

[✥ Simy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mostly drawings, but some interesting breakdowns towards the end

[Lucas · Rating 4 out of 5]

não era o que esperava. estava procurando por um livro para iniciantes com um passo a passo bem detalhado. apesar disso, a quantidade e variedade de formas e movimentos dos desenhos são muito boas.

[Jeiniell Mierasol · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing 🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰

[Danays · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es entendible.

[The Unglitch · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an essential book to read and keep and come back to for any creative in any industry!

The Unglitch
https://unglitch.io

[Evelien Elizarrarás · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es un buen libro que te ayuda bastante con la anatomia artística, tiene varias ilustraciones de diferentes ángulos y masas corporales.