Art Library / Figures and Anatomy
Figures and Anatomy
The human body as the engravers drew it: costume plates, portrait studies, dissection tables and bone.
9 collections, 1,264 pieces in total. Pick a collection to see the art inside it.
Engraving
Woman with a folded umbrella
From Katsushika Hokusai, Hokusai Manga (1912 printing), Volume 11 , scan page 13
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House exterior with arched windows - Godey's Lady's Book, 1864 - 1864
From Sarah Josepha Hale, Godey's Lady's Book, 1864
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Start with a subject or a set of historical plates.
Figures
Silhouettes, costume plates, dancers and portrait studies of the human figure.
Anatomical
Skulls, hearts, hands and skeletal studies from historical anatomical atlases.
Memento Mori
Skulls, skeletons, hourglasses and tomb carving from the memento mori tradition.
Costume Plates
Historical dress, uniforms and regional folk costume from hand-coloured costume albums.
Figures in Colour
People as the colour plates drew them: portraits, dancers, workers and studies of dress.
Anatomy and Diagrams
Anatomical figures and the earliest statistical charts, both coloured to be read rather than admired.
Motifs and moods
Follow a more specific object, detail or feeling.
Masks and Grotesques
Faces carved as ornament: theatre masks, keystone heads and the grotesques that pull at a frame.
Hands
Hands alone: the pointing finger of a printer, the open palm of an emblem, the hand out of a cloud.
Portraits and Cameos
A face in an oval: the cameo, the bust on a plinth, the head cut for a stamp or a label.
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