Art Models
Life Nude Photos for
the Visual Arts
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Copyright 2007 Maureen Johnson and Douglas Johnson. All rights reserved. No part of this
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permission in writing from the publisher. However, we encourage you to create artwork inspired by
the photographs contained herein.
Published by
Live Model Books LLC
#128, 215 South Broadway
Salem, New Hampshire 03079.
ISBN-10: 0-9764573-7-7
Hard Cover without Disk
ISBN-13: 978-0-9764573-7-4
ISBN-10: 0-9764573-8-5
Hard Cover with Disk
ISBN-13: 978-0-9764573-8-1
ISBN-10: 0-9816249-0-1
Book On Disk
ISBN-13: 978-0-9816249-0-7
Printed in Korea
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Index
Contents
Photo Contents
Chapter 1
handra
13
20
18
22
24
16
Chapter 2
esse
27
30
32
34
36
38
40
42
Chapter 3
andy
45
50
48
54
56
52
62
64
58
Chapter 4
ichael
59
70
66
Chapter 5
iecy
71
74
76
81
84
86
88
90
92
80
78
Chapter 6
sabella
Chapter 7
an
93
96
98
100
102
104
105
108
110
Chapter 8
usan
112
114
Chapter 9
im
115
118
120
124
122
Bonus Poses
ompanion
Disk
Ar t Models 2
Features
ur first book in this series Art Models generated a lot of discussion and suggestions. A
few people told us not to photograph poses that
are based on famous works of art. Many others
suggested we look to the classics for inspiration.
After all, they reasoned, if you are posing the human body as an art reference, what better inspiration than existing works of art? This is one of
the thoughts behind the selection of poses you
see here in Art Models 2.
For each pose, we have included an
information box with notes about the
piece we were thinking of when we instructed the model. When available,
we include the artist, an approximate date for the piece and a
location where you can view it.
These details are not definitive,
we simply wanted to share with
you
the source of inspiration for the pose selection
and give you the opportunity to see how similar poses were used in existing pieces of art.
One thing that makes a work of art classic is that it evokes emotion. We were
fortunate to find a talented group of
models who were willing and able to
display emotions for the length of an
entire rotation (see, for example, Jesses Struggle on page 30 and Susans
Liberty Leading the People on page
108). This is something that seems
to be uncommon in other pose
books and even in live classes, but
we think emotion is essential to art
shandra020
12
Shandra
14
15
Isolation
Fallen Caryatid, Rodin, 1882, Sculpture Garden at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
On Disk: shandra020
16
17
Odette
Ballet - Swan Lake
On Disk: shandra017
18
19
Forlorn
(This page) A Cemetery sculpture, Artist
Unknown
The Bather
(Following pages) Bather, Christophe-Gabriel
Allegrain, 1767, Louvre, France
On Disk: shandra011,
overhead: shandra011o,
shandra003
20
21
22
23
24
S
Shy
(Prior page) Artist reqquest. Shy is repeated by
Mandy, p54, for comp
parison of different body
types and variation in
n position.
Vitrruvian
(This page) Vitruvian Man, Da Vinci, 1492
On Disk: shaandra008,
P R E V I E W -- very low resolution
shandra002
Jesse
28
29
Isolation
Fallen Caryatid, Rodin, 1882, Sculpture Garden at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
30
31
Struggle
Hagesandrus, Polydoros, and Athenodorus,
Laocon and His Two Sons, 1st Century AD,
Sculpture, Vatican
On Disk: jesse010
32
33
Justice
Emperor Octavian as Jupiter, 1st half of 1st
century, The State Hermitage, Russia
On Disk: jesse017
34
35
Atlas
We did not reference a specific portrayal of
Atlas.
On Disk: jesse018
37
On Disk: jesse013
38
Simple Prone
Manao Tupapau, Paul Gauguin, 1892
39
40
41
Herakles
(This page) Herakles with Nemean Lion
Skin, circa 120 A.D., Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, MA
Vitruvian
(Following page) Vitruvian Man, Da Vinci,
1492
42
Mandy
46
Pleading
The Implorer, Rodin, 1900
On Disk: mandy017
47
49
Reaching
Artist request
On Disk: mandy217
50
51
Sublime
The Ognissanti Madonna, Giotto, circa
1305-1310, Galleria degli, Uffizi, Florence
On Disk: mandy016
52
53
Naiad
Naiad, Antonio Canova, circa 1820, National
Gallery, Washington DC
On Disk: mandy019
overhead: mandy019o
54
55
Shy
(This page) Artist request.
Birth of Venus
(Following page)The Birth of Ve-nus, William Bouguereau, 1879,
Musee DOrsay, France
On Disk: mandy205,
mandy009
56
57
58
Vitruvian
Michael
60
61
On Disk: michael021
62
Missing You
A Cemetary Sculpture, Artist Unknown
On Disk: michael030
63
64
65
Shepherd
(This page) Sheperds of Arcadia, Nicolas
Poussin,1863, Louvre, Paris, France
David
(Following page) David, Michelangelo, 1504
Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
On Disk: michael017,
michael005 P R E
66
67
68
69
Adam
Creation of Adam, Michelangelo, circa 1511,
Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome
On Disk: michael035
overhead: michael035o
70
V
Vitruvian
Vitruvian Man, D
Da Vinci, 1492
P R E V I E W -- very low resolution
On Disk: m
michael002
Niecy
72
Awakening
Awakening, Prosper dEpinay, 1873, The
State Hermitage, Russia
On Disk: niecy006
73
74
75
Seated Bather
Seated Bather Drying Herself, Edgar Degas,
1899, Private collection
On Disk: niecy009
76
77
Magdalene
(This page) The Repentant Magdalene, Antonio Canova, circa1809, The State Hermitage,
Russia
Weary
(Following page) The Death of a Virgin,
Caravaggio, 1605-1606, Louvre, Paris
78
79
80
Vitruvian
Vitruvian Man, DaVinci, 1492
On D
Disk: niecy002
Isabella
82
83
Chado
Yukata, Kotondo, 1930 woodblock print
On Disk: isabella012
84
85
Lotus
We did not reference a specific portrayal of
Lotus
On Disk: isabella013
overhead: isabella013o
86
87
Defiant
(This page) Seated Guanyin Bodhisattva,
Unknown Artist, 960-1279 A.D., Portland
Museum, OR
Samurai
(Following page) Woodblock print, Utagawa
Yoshifuji, 1859
On Disk: isabella011,
isabella006
88
89
90
Geisha
Six Poetic Immortals, Gostei Hirosada, 1852
On Disk: isabella011
91
92
Vitruvian
Vitruvian Man, DaVinci, 1492
On Disk: isabella001
Dan
94
95
Thinker
The Thinker, Auguste Rodin, 1880
On Disk: dan017
96
97
On Disk: dan014
98
99
Dying Gaul
Dying Gaul, Sculptor Uncertain, circa 230
B.C.
On Disk: dan020
100
101
Wiseman
Painting, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
On Disk: dan004
PR
102
103
Instructor
Calliope, Augustin Pajou, 1763, National
Gallery, Washington, D.C.
PR
On Disk: dan009
104
Vitruvian
Vitruvian Man, DaVinci, 1492
On Disk: dan002
Susan
106
On Disk: susan312
107
108
109
On Disk: susan303
110
111
Pondering
(This page) The Hangover, Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887-1889, Fogg Art
Museum, Cambridge, MA
A Losing Battle
(Following page)
On Disk: susan303,
susan326
overhead: susan326o
112
113
114
Vitruvian
Vitruvvian Man, Da Vinci, 1492
On Disk: susan302
Jim
116
117
On Disk: jim013
Sword Swing
Red Chalk over Stilus, Raffaello Sanzio, circa
1510 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
On Disk: jim011
119
120
121
Kneeling
Neapolitan Fisherboy, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, circa 1860, National Gallery, Washington, DC
On Disk: jim026
122
123
Slain
Red Chalk over Stilus, Raffaello Sanzio, circa
1510 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
On Disk: jim023
124
Vitruvian
Vitruvian Man, Da Vinci, 1492
On Disk: jim001
Index
Production Notes
Some poses are repeated by several models. We do
this not just to show the difference in body structure but also to demonstrate the sometimes subtle
differences each model injects into the pose. One
example of this is the tilt of the head and position
of hands in the pose Isolation by Shandra and
Jesse. In each case, we try to give the model the
same instruction. Variations in the pose are then
an expression of each models personality. We hope
this gives some insight into the different ways one
can express emotion through body position.
Crouching
Isolation
Shepherd
Kneeling
Atlas
Chado
Kneeling
Pleading
Sublime
34-35
81-83
120-121
45-47
50-51
Prone
13-15, 27-29
64-65
Simple Prone
38-39
Reclining
Adam
Defiant
Dying Gaul
Losing Battle, A
Naiad
Odette
Slain
68-69
86-87
98-99
112-113
52-53
16-17
122-123
Sitting
Justice
Lotus
Magdalene
32-33
84-85
76-77
Missing You
Pondering
Reaching
Seated Bather
Struggle
Tending the Fire
Thinker
Torso with a Twist
62-63
110-111
48-49
74-75
30-31
96-97
93-95
36-37, 59-61, 115-117
Standing
Awakening
71-73
Bather, The
20-21
Birth of Venus
56-57
David
66-67
Geisha
90-91
Herakles
40-41
Instructor
102-103
Liberty Leading the People
108-109
Samurai
88-89
Shy
22-23, 54-55
Sword Swing
118-119
Testing the Water
105-107
Vitruvian
24, 42, 58, 70, 80, 92, 104, 114,
124
Vitruvian with grid
25, 43
Wiseman
100-101
Supine
Forlorn
Weary
18-19
78-79
Index by Artist
Allegrain, Christophe-Gabriel
19
Bouguereau, William
55
Canova, Antonio
53, 77
Caravaggio, Michelangelo
77
Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste
121
Da Vinci, Leonardo 24, 41, 58, 70, 80, 92,
104, 114, 124
Degas, Edgar
75
Delacroix, Eugene
109
dEpinay, Prosper
72
di Bondone, Giotto
51
Gauguin, Paul
38
Hirosada, Gostei
90
Kotondo
83
Manship, Paul
106
Michelangelo
37, 61, 65, 69, 117
Pajou, Augustin
103
Poussin, Nicolas
65
Rodin, Auguste
15, 29, 46, 95
Sanzio, Raffaello
118, 123
Signac, Paul
97
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
111
Yoshifuji, Utagawa
87
17
Paintings
Birth of Venus
Creation of Adam
Death of a Virgin, The
Hangover, The
Liberty Leading the People
Manao Tupapau
Ognissanti Madonna, The
Parisian Sunday
Seated Bather Drying Herself
Shepherds of Arcadia
Six Poetic Immortals
Woodblock Print
Sculpture
Awakening
Bather, The
Calliope
55
69
77
111
109
38
51
97
75
65
90
83, 87
72
19
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Books
Books On Disk
The art models series provides hundreds of poses with a wide variety of models, lighting, and styles. Each book has a different focus,
for example Art Models 2 showcases classically inspired poses, the
poses in Art Models 3 are the favorites as chosen by our customers
and the first Art Models has a broad selection of poses printed in a
smaller format.
Books On Disk (BOD) offer the complete print book in ebook format
plus the entire Companion Disk all in one convenient and affordable
package. All of the poses from the book are shown from 24 angles in
high resolution, providing thousands of finely detailed photos. Zoom
in on eyes & ears, fingers & toes and any area requiring a closer look.
With the Book On Disk
Books On Disk
In addition, the BOD shows some poses from different angles, such
as overhead looking down. For their full-size high-resolution detail,
360-degree views, and low price, we recommend the Art Models Book
On Disk as a must-have supplement (or cost effective alternative) to
the print books.
Companion Disks
9780976457329
9780976457336
9780976457367
9780976457374
9780976457381
9780981624907
valentine008
9780976457398
9780981624914
www.posespace.com
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