The Human Figure in Motion

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This is the largest selection ever comprised of the famous Muybridge sequence high-speed photographs of human motion. Containing 4,789 photographs, it illustrates some 163 several types of action: elderly man lifting log, woman sweeping, woman hiking ladder, men boxing and wrestling, child crawling, man lifting weight, man jumping, and 155 other kinds of action, some of which might be illustrated by as many as 62 different photographs.
Taken at speeds ranging as much as 1/6000th of a second, these photographs show bone and muscle positions against ruled backgrounds. Almost all subjects are undraped, and all actions are shown from three angles: front, rear, and three-quarter view.
These historic photographs, some of the great monuments of nineteenth-century photography, are reproduced original size, with the entire clarity and detail of the originals. As a complete thesaurus of human action, it has never been superseded. Muybridge was once a genius of photography, who had unlimited financial, technical, and scientific backing on the University of Pennsylvania. This volume presents the final selection from more than 100,000 negatives made at an expenditure of more than $50,000. It has never been superseded as a sourcebook for artists, students, animators, and art directors.
“An unparalleled dictionary of action for all artists, photographers.” — American Artist.
“Impressive and valuable collection.” — Scientific American.


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