ROBERTO OSTI
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.
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.
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 […]
