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The Human Figure in Motion Hardcover - 1955
by Muybridge, Eadweard
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- Hardcover
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Details
- Title The Human Figure in Motion
- Author Muybridge, Eadweard
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Pages 390
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, New York
- Date 1955
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 53996
- ISBN 9780486202044 / 0486202046
- Weight 3.33 lbs (1.51 kg)
- Dimensions 11.04 x 8.2 x 0.97 in (28.04 x 20.83 x 2.46 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Human locomotion - Pictorial works
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 55013973
- Dewey Decimal Code 612.76
From the rear cover
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 19th 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 As a complete thesaurus of human action, it has never been superseded.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 It has never been superseded as a sourcebook for artists, students, animators, and art directors.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.
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 19th 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.
