course

Course Credit:  3.0

This course improves the artist’s analytical understanding of the human body’s underlying structure and forms, while emphasizing accurate observation and construction of the figure. Musculoskeletal anatomy acquaints students with proportional systems, major surface landmarks, and the critical network of muscle arrangements that depict the complex beauty of the human figure. Elements such as muscular origins, insertions, and morphology are emphasized. Students will internalize information through systematic study of the human figure in sections, beginning with the skeletal system, then followed by major aspects of the muscular system. Some sculpting and team exercises are possible.