ROBERTO OSTI
12/23/2022
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.
03/09/2021
In anticipation of the release of my new book, i present a free talk on
Dynamic Human Anatomy: An Artist's Guide to Structure, Gesture, and the Figure in Motion
in collaboration with the New York Academy of Art.
03/09/2021
Join me Wednesday the 17th for a lecture and Q&A on my new book, "Dynamic Human Anatomy".
"Dynamic Human Anatomy" picks up where my prior publication "Basic Human Anatomy" leaves off and offers artists and art students a deeper understanding of anatomy, including anatomy in motion, and how that essential skill is applied to the creation of fine figurative art.
05/01/2020
Free Webinar | Saturday, May 2 at 12pm (EST) | Dell’Arca’s Compianto del Cristo Morto is tucked away in Bologna […]
03/15/2020
During the Renaissance artists attend or perform anatomical dissections as part of their artistic training with the purpose of creating […]
