I've seen and owned a lot of art anatomy books and they fall into 3 different catagories: 1. Essential, 2. Supplemental 3. Not worth your money. This book which is published this year (2009) would fall in the essential category.

The information is paticularly useful for the beginner; There is a lot of hand-holding sort of speak. The information is presented in a clear, consise manner which is a god-send for such a difficult subject. A nice touch is that the author presented pronounciation keys for several of the muscles names.

The pictures are also of high quality although I have seen better pictures in other books (Atlas of the Human Anatomy by Peck, Artistic Anatomy by Richer, and Die Gestalt des Menschen (German edition only) by Gottfried Bammes have much more impressive detail). The book artist is no slouch though.

This book is a nice surprise and it stands out in a sea of bad anatomy books.

Ms. WInslow's book will take its place alongside the works of Richer, Goldfinger, Peck, and Bridgman as an essential reference for every figurative artist's library. The wealth of visual information is staggering. The presentation is clear and elegant. The concise, easy-to-read text makes it a pleasure to go through. As an instructor in anatomy and figure drawing, I'm going to make this book required reading for all of my students.

I saw this in a NY Times book review and gave it to a friend for a his birthday. I did look through it before wrapping it. To me it looked like a true masterpiece, but what would a real artist would think? My friend is an artist and professional medical/forensic illustrator with over 25 years experience. When he first opened the gift, he paged through the book and said it looked good. One week later he called me to thank me again, and said he had been going through it almost every night and found it to be a goldmine of really important information, presented in a way that artists could really use and appreciate. I felt that this was a strong endorsement from someone with a really critical eye.

I bought this book recently, and I'm quite happy with it for the most part. The information is more organized and the illustrations as well as photos are helpful. I also own Peck's Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist and Sarah Simblet's book for Anatomy. Peck's book is full of information but some of the copies have degraded due to reprints. Simblet's book is more of a coffee table book. So this book is good with Peck's book.

I think it should have covered more on the head since the views were rather...the standard: front to 3th and side.

I enjoyed the section on gestures though I can pretty much find a lot of this info in other books.

I do think despite this, the information is very well organized it's a great book to have.

This book is titled "Classic Human Anatomy". It's that and it's so much more!

The artwork in this book is incredible. There are details and breakdowns that cover everything one might be looking for in an anatomy book. On top of that, the artwork itself manages to be engaging, artful and full of warmth. There are copious amounts of beautiful figure drawings and gestures throughout this lavish volume. This artist definitely knows her craft and shares her invaluable knowledge here.

This book also includes helpful reference listings, a glossary, an index and even pronunciation keys! It's a major work that should be in the collection of every art teacher, art student and art lover who can appreciate this modern classic!

Aside from the informative material in this book, just flipping through it's pages is inspiring. You won't be able to wait to get in front of a model and draw!

As a college art teacher, I will be recommending this book to all of my students and colleagues.