Dynamic Anatomy.

Dynamic Anatomy. DYNAMIC ANATOMY, Revised and Expanded (2003, $24.95), by BurneHogarth Burne Hogarth (December 25, 1911 - January 28, 1996) was an American cartoonist, illustrator, educator, author, and theoretician.For many decades, he has continued to be a very influential teacher and visual artist throughout the world best known for his pioneering work on . Watson-Guptill Publications, 770 Broadway, New York New York, state, United StatesNew York,Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10003. This is a book that would be of interest and value for middle- andhigh-school students interested in drawing the human figure. Thebook's author, Burne Hogarth, had a lengthy career that engaged himin the worlds of fine art, illustration and cartoon drawing. He achievedwide recognition for his illustrations for the comic strip comic strip,combination of cartoon with a story line, laid out in a series of pictorial panels across a page and concerning a continuous character or set of characters, whose thoughts and dialogues are indicated by means of "balloons" containing written speech. "Tarzan" (1937-50). He was one of the founding members of theSchool of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts (SVA), is an art school in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and is one of the nation's leading independent colleges of art and design. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. in New York. In his preface, the author observes: "The art process is notsimply countless, uncontrollable free expressions, but it is the resultof historical understanding and experience formed into a freelyexpressed, clarified judgment." The book begins with a chapterdealing with the historical evolution of drawing the human figure. Thisis a development that presents profound insights and understandings ofthe social-cultural concepts of art from prehistoric cultures to ourmost advanced civilizations, past and present. As the author states:"If art can be seen as the refined endeavor of human aspirations,the figure in art is its most important expressive concentration." The first edition of this book was published in 1958. The morerecent, revised and expanded edition adds to what has been a successfulresource for art students and teachers alike. For information about thispublication, circle No. 382 on the Reader Service Card.