This book offers a comprehensive introduction into the animal anatomy for the fine arts.

Artistic Anatomy—instructional and beautiful, provides the anatomy of man and animal in two handy volumes. The "Anatomical Drawing School" recognizes the prominent role of anatomy for the fine arts discipline. The impressively detailed illustrations of the Hungarian master Andras Szunyoghy have inspired artists as well as anatomists all over the world for more than a decade. The current two-volume set is intended to make Szunyoghy's work accessible for an even broader audience.

A comprehensive guide to the role of human and animal anatomy in the fine arts.

The book is a standard reference work designed to meet the requirements of all artists and students of drawing as well as everyone interested in anatomy.

Artistic Anatomy—instructional and beautiful, provides the anatomy of man and animal in two handy volumes. The "Anatomical Drawing School" recognizes the prominent role of anatomy for the fine arts discipline. The impressively detailed illustrations of the Hungarian master Andras Szunyoghy have inspired artists as well as anatomists all over the world for more than a decade. The current two-volume set is intended to make Szunyoghy's work accessible for an even broader audience.

From the author of the classic Human Anatomy for Artists comes this user-friendly reference guide featuring over five hundred original drawings and over seventy photographs. Designed for painters, sculptors, and illustrators who use animal imagery in their work, Animal Anatomy for Artists offers thorough, in-depth information about the most commonly depicted animals, presented in a logical and easily understood format for artists--whether beginner or accomplished professional. The book focuses on the forms created by muscles and bones, giving artists a crucial three-dimensional understanding of the final, complex outer surface of the animal. Goldfinger not only covers the anatomy of the more common animals, such as the horse, dog, cat, cow, pig, squirrel, and rabbit, but also the anatomy of numerous wild species, including the lion, giraffe, deer, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, elephant, gorilla, sea lion, and bear. Included are drawings of skeletons and how they move at the joints, individual muscles showing their attachments on the skeleton, muscles of the entire animal, cross sections, photographs of live animals, and silhouettes of related animals comparing their shapes and proportions. He offers a new and innovative section on the basic body plan of four-legged animals, giving the reader a crucial conceptual understanding of overall animal structure to which the details of individual animals can then be applied. The chapter on birds covers the skeleton, muscles and feather patterns. The appendix presents photographs of skulls with magnificent horns and antlers and a section on major surface veins. Incredibly thorough, packed with essential information, Animal Anatomy for Artists is a definitive reference work, an essential book for everyone who depicts animals in their art.