Figures, Faces & Folds: Women’s Form and Dress for Artists, Students and Designers

Figures, Faces & Folds is a digital PDF reference work for artists, students, designers, illustrators, and other art-workers. It examines the female figure, faces, drapery, clothing, anatomy, and dress design.

This edition contains 411 pages and is available as an instant download. It presents 114 Standard Poses, historical plates, drawing guidance, and studies of dress and the human form.

Adolphe Armand Braun’s work connects figure drawing with costume, movement, construction, and the visual treatment of garments.

Book Overview

Figures, Faces & Folds was created as a practical reference and compendium for people who employ the human figure in commercial art, illustration, fashion drawing, and dress design.

The book begins with figure and face drawing, then considers faces represented by great artists and sculptors of the past. It continues with drapery studies, historical dress, practical anatomy, and the principles of dress design and fashion drawing.

The 2017 Dover Publications edition is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Bridgman Publishers in Pelham, New York, in 1928.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• 114 Standard Poses arranged around standing, reclining, kneeling, sitting, and action positions.
• Studies of faces in full-face, three-quarter, and profile views.
• Drapery studies covering form, surface description, arrangement, and movement.
• Historical plates connecting artistic periods with contemporary dress and pose.
• Practical anatomy focused on shoulders, necks, torsos, thighs, legs, feet, hands, and gloves.
• Discussions of tunics, cloaks, Greek, Egyptian, Roman, Byzantine, Celtic, and English historic costume.
• Sections on dress design, fashion drawing, materials, woollens, worsteds, silks, cottons, and linings.

Why This Book Matters

This volume brings together figure drawing, anatomy, drapery, costume, and fashion design in one artist-focused reference. Its historical plates show changing ideas about the human figure, dress, pose, and artistic representation.

It is particularly relevant to readers studying life drawing, clothing in art, historical costume, illustration, or the construction of dress forms.

Book Details

Device Compatibility

This is a digital download, and no physical book will be shipped. Access is available after purchase through the provided digital file.

The PDF works with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps. Device features may vary by application.

FAQ

When can I access the book?
Access is available after purchase, with the PDF provided as an instant digital download.

Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This listing is for a digital PDF download, so there is no physical shipping.

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The PDF can be read with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop or mobile devices, and compatible reading apps.

Download Figures, Faces & Folds for a focused reference on figure drawing, dress, drapery, anatomy, and fashion design.

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