PUBLISHER’S NOTE

George Bridgman is considered by some to have been the greatest teacher of figure drawing of his day. An inspiration to generations of students in his classes at the Art Students League in New York, he taught thousands more through his many books, of which Drawing the Draped Figure is the sixth to be published by Dover. These books are proving as popular now as when they were first published. Read together, they make a complete course in the representation of the human form in classical style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Published in the United Kingdom by David & Charles, Brunel House, Forde Close, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 4PU.

 

Bibliographical Note

This Dover edition, first published in 2001, is an unabridged republication of the original edition published by Bridgman Publishers, Inc., Pelham, New York, under the title The Seven Laws of Folds in 1942.

 

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bridgman, George Brant, 1864–1943.

Drawing the draped figure : The seven laws of folds / George B. Bridgman.

p. cm.

Originally published: The seven laws of folds. 1st ed. Pelham, N.Y. : Bridgman Publishers, 1942.

9780486138121

1. Drapery in art. 2. Figure drawing—Technique. I. Title: Seven laws of folds. II. Bridgman, George Brant, 1864–1943. Seven laws of folds. III. Title. NC775 .B7 2001 743.5—dc21

2001028649

 

 

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