Human Anatomy For Art Students Classic Reprint

Author : James Birch Sharpe
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ISBN 13 : 9781332259199
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Elements of Anatomy written by James Birch Sharpe and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elements of Anatomy: Designed for the Use of Students in the Fine Arts Independent of obtaining a complete idea of the things themselves, the student by dissecting, or carefully examining dissected bodies, will have the opportunity of observing the recent skeleton, of tracing all the cartilages and ligaments in their natural state and situation, and of obtaining a correct knowledge of the mechanism of the joints, - advantages which he cannot by any other means possess. But some object that dissecting is the disgusting part of anatomy, and that it is altogether unnecessary for the artist. Is it not infinitely more painful to hear such an opinion promulgated in the lectures of a professor, appointed expressly to teach the elements of anatomy to artists, than disgusting to witness a dissection conducted by a sensible and intelligent mind, and to a philosophic purpose? Until a method of Obtaining a similar knowledge of that elegant and beautiful piece of mechanism displayed in the composition of the human hand or foot is given to us without dissection, we may, without much injustice, conclude such disgust (in a professor at least) arises either from affectation or from indolence. What more calculated to inspire the breast of man with gratitude for the great advantages he possesses over all the animal creation, or with veneration for the Author of those advantages, than a knowledge of his extraordinary organization, and a contemplation of the great and various powers with which this organization is endowed? And can any investigation into the nature of these things produce disgust? As well might it be said the labour of learning or investigating the theorems of our own Newton, of La Lande or La Place, by which we may obtain an accurate knowledge of the harmony of the celestial spheres, was disgusting, as that to obtain a knowledge of the harmony and admirable contrivance in animal organization, by means of dissecting, is only to produce disgust. He who considers the dissection of the human body as calculated to excite disgust, entertains very mistaken notions of philosophic investigations directed to purposes of science; and may, without much risk of error, be considered as utterly incompetent to decide the merits of the question. The idea that dissection is necessary for the student in the fine arts has prevailed in the mind of the author throughout the whole progress of this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.