ROBERTO OSTI
03/29/2021
Join author and artist Roberto Osti for a Q&A on his new book, Dynamic Human Anatomy. This latest publication picks up where Osti’s prior publication Basic Human Anatomy leaves off and offers artists and art students a deeper understanding of anatomy, including anatomy in motion.
Osti will discuss the landmarks of the human body, systematically presented in the book, and how to apply this knowledge toward the practice of figure drawing. Throughout the presentation, the artist will discuss artworks created during various historical periods that can further exemplify the method. The last portion of the event will be devoted to Q&A and a quick drawing demonstration.
03/11/2021
Praise for Dynamic Human Anatomy
"Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael drew the human body with an understanding of its workings from the inside outside—as have thousands of artists since. Who better to teach this method than Roberto Osti, who trained as a medical illustrator before turning to fine art. . . . Dynamic Human Anatomy, a follow-up to his book Basic Human Anatomy, explains how this methodology can be used to reach beyond static depictions in order to 'convey a sense of life or express psychological character.'"
03/01/2021
The hand is a marvel of functionality and aesthetics.
The complexity of its forms and its inherent mutability
make it a challenging but extremely rewarding subject.
This complexity can be better understood by
conceptualizing its forms. In my anatomy and
figure-drawing classes, I teach my students to focus
on only a few essential characteristics of the hand at
any given time, limiting its complexity. This method—
which can be applied to other subjects as well—was
developed during the Renaissance and has been
further refined since.
05/25/2020
Contrapposto describes a category of pose that artists have favored for thousands of years.
Even though “contrapposto” is an Italian word, the earliest sculptures that depict the human body posed in this specific stance date back to the 5th century B.C. in classical Greece.
The typical contrapposto pose shows the counterposing of various segments of the figure: The pelvis and rib cage are tilted in opposite directions, and one leg is straight while the other is bent.
This deliberate counterposing can contribute various expressive qualities to a figure.
04/23/2019
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09/26/2016
Basic Human Anatomy teaches artists the simple yet powerful formula artists have used for centuries to draw the human figure from the inside out. Osti, using the basic system of line, shape, and form used by da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo, takes readers step-by-step through all the lessons needed in order to master this essential foundation skill.
