Sculpting with Human Bodies at Street Anatomy

January 7th, 2008 by misvan

A human head containing jostling human figures. Crayon drawing, 1929.

Found this intriguing piece under the Wellcome Images Collection.

A human head containing jostling human figures.Â Crayon drawing, 1929.Â Author?

Definitely squint your eyes at this one to see how the features of the head pop out.

1 Dr. Val

Very nice. Reminds me of Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s work.

Comment on Jan 8th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
2 Shaun

Amazing!

Comment on Jan 10th, 2008 at 6:07 am
3ian

wow , thanx for turning me on to wellcome images,im trying to draw a human heart, n thats a pretty fat site for reference material.

Comment on Feb 14th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
4ian

oh by the way, this here peice is a prime example of utilizing the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number formula in art…. you can see the ratio all throughout this over n over. the human body displays it….

Comment on Feb 14th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

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