The Human Figure in Motion E-Book

Eadweard Muybridge

• Herausgeber: Dover Publications
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

This is the largest selection ever made from the famous Muybridge sequence high-speed photographs of human motion. Containing 4,789 photographs, it illustrates some 163 different types of action: elderly man lifting log, woman sweeping, woman climbing ladder, men boxing and wrestling, child crawling, man lifting weight, man jumping, and 155 other types of action, some of which are illustrated by as many as 62 different photographs. Taken at speeds ranging up to 1/6000th of a second, these photographs show bone and muscle positions against ruled backgrounds. Almost all subjects are undraped, and all actions are shown from three angles: front, rear, and three-quarter view. These historic photographs, one of the great monuments of nineteenth-century photography, are reproduced original size, with all the clarity and detail of the originals. As a complete thesaurus of human action, it has never been superseded. Muybridge was a genius of photography, who had unlimited financial, technical, and scientific backing at the University of Pennsylvania. This volume presents the final selection from more than 100,000 negatives made at an expenditure of more than $50,000. It has never been superseded as a sourcebook for artists, students, animators, and art directors. "An unparalleled dictionary of action for all artists, photographers." — American Artist."Impressive and valuable collection." — Scientific American.

Leseprobe

THE HUMAN

Introduction by Professor Robert Taft, University of Kansas

The Human Figure in Motion

Eadweard Muybridge

COPYRIGHT © 1955 BY DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

All rights reserved.

This Dover edition, first published in 1955, contains a new selection of plates from the eleven-volume work, Animal Locomotion, published in 1887. Almost all of the illustrations are reproduced the same size as in the original work. The selection of plates was made by Alex Domonkos, Head of the Instruction Department of the Famous Artists School of Westport, Connecticut, and Dr. Wallace Green, Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. The introduction was especially written for this new edition by Professor Robert Taft, University of Kansas.

The publisher is grateful to Mr. E. Weyhe of Weyhe Galleries for permission to use illustrations from the original set owned by the Weyhe Bookshop. Without the use of this complete set, it is doubtful that a new edition could have been published.

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International Standard Book Number:

9780486129914

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 55-13973

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AN INTRODUCTION EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE AND HIS WORK

Late in 1881, Jean Meissonier, a popular French artist, entertained in his Paris home a group of fellow artists such as had seldom been “found within the walls of one room,” as a contemporary account stated. Among the guests were such celebrated artists as Gérôme, Léon Bonnat, Detaille, DeNeuville, Jules Goupil, Jalabert, Cabonel, Ridgway Knight, Steinheil, and others. Also present were members from other professions, including the well-known writer and dramatist, Alexander Dumas.