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An impressive sampling of life drawings by 45 of the art world's greatest masters, these painstakingly reproduced plates display the styles and traditions of figure drawing across five centuries. Featured works range from Albrecht Dürer's brush-and-ink drawing of Female Nude, Seen from the Back, Holding a Staff and a Drapery to Michelangelo's studies for the Sistine Chapel depiction of the Libyan Sibyl to Modigliani's mixed-media Caryatid.
Other splendid drawings include Raphael's image of Leda and the swan, a study by Rubens for a portrait of St. Mary Magdalen, and sketches by Hogarth, Constable, Ingres, Gauguin, Matisse, Rodin, and other outstanding artists. Of particular value to artists and students, this inexpensive collection of superb drawings will be treasured by all lovers of fine art.
Dover (2003) original publication.
