Morpho: Anthology of Artistic Anatomy

Three essential Morpho volumes, collected for the first time in one large-format book, plus more than 150 drawings you won’t find anywhere else. The Morpho series has sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide and become the go-to anatomy reference for artists, from first-year students to working professionals. This anthology...
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Three essential Morpho volumes, collected for the first time in one large-format book, plus more than 150 drawings you won’t find anywhere else.

The Morpho series has sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide and become the go-to anatomy reference for artists, from first-year students to working professionals. This anthology brings together the three volumes that build the human figure from the inside out:

• Skeleton and Bone Reference Points: the structure underneath, and the bony landmarks that show at the surface
• Joint Forms and Muscular Functions: how the body moves, and how muscles change shape when it does
• Fat and Skin Folds: the soft forms that make a figure come alive

Why the anthology?

• Large format. At 8.5 × 11 inches, Michel Lauricella’s drawings are presented significantly larger than the size of the original pocket editions, so you can study line, form, and structure in greater detail.
• Over 150 previously unpublished drawings made for this edition.
• 800+ illustrations across 400 pages, with concise, precise text, organized system by system so you can follow the body from depth to surface.
• One book on the desk instead of three, for the studio, the classroom, or the figure-drawing session.

Michel Lauricella trained at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and has taught morphology for over 20 years at schools including Gobelins and LISAA.

A handsome reference for your own shelf, and a lasting gift for any artist who draws the human figure.

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