Article · Anatomy for Sculptors
Ecorche in Art, Medicine, History
By Uldis Zarins
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
Uldis Zarins explains the history and purpose of the ecorche, a flayed anatomical figure used since the Renaissance to study muscle over bone, and describes how his studio built a new, artist-oriented 3D ecorche reference model.
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