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Sculpting with Human Bodies

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.  Crayon drawing, 1929.  Author?

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



5 Responses to “Sculpting with Human Bodies”

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    1Dr. Val

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

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

    Amazing!

    Comment on Jan 10th, 2008 at 6:07 am  
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    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  
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    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  
  1. 1Trusted.MD Network

    That’s pretty freaky…

    (via Street Anatomy)…

    Trackback on Jan 8th, 2008 at 6:22 pm   

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