Figures du Corps: Une Leçon d’Anatomie à l’École des Beaux-Arts

I have a little dream for next year with OCAD. I am hoping to participate in our school's mobility/exchange program and spend a semester taking classes at the École Nationale Superior des Beaux-Arts.

Anyway, during some internet procrastination today I stumbled upon the school's collection/exhibition of anatomical parts; skulls, photos, bones, etc. on the Morbid Anatomy Blog and then followed up with a review of the exhibition's catalogue by the Bearded Roman. The exhibition of this collection took place October 21 2008 to Jan 4th 2009 at the school.

"The catalogue is an ode to the bewildering and wonderful arsenal of contraptions, tools, plaster casts, photographs, and any other useful aid created to assist artists in the study of human and animal figures."

"One of the greatest costs in training was the hiring of live models. As a result, contraptions of all kinds–mannequins, photographs, stereoscope images–were made to substitute, or perhaps more accurately, supplement, models. "

The photos are quite beautiful and perhaps when I study there I could get a chance to have a glimpse of the real thing...







- layne