CHAPTER ONE THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE OF FORM 器
CHAPTER ONE THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE OF FORM ,l\. \ ,aSKETCH'S FOR INF NUDES 1508, tadd point ontl p.n 73/r'. t9qt p1.27 t 24.45 ch)
Preliminary Sketches heilsonotomsmereyaporOxngef ure in a general way omm is indi seated drawn with ing relationship between one form and another,Michel
Eorm is eleMh n9. For Miche onge o, drow I ng s o pfoceou€ rcr oercrmrnrng rcrm the i uson of form s merely appfoxmole iJ lorm is ndicoled by lighl ond shode olone The shope of o form s delined exaclly by ihe use of ne, fire lhree seaied figLrres were drown wilh lighl sketchy Ines colled p€nr'' menli 'Yepenlonces," or chonges of m nd beforc lhe lnol contour is drown. Prelminory sketches or conlour drowngs thol ndicote overol proport ons ondlhe ges fure of the pose o€ essenliol lo sLrccessfu fgu€ drowings, There is not much poini in moving onlo sLrch deloils os honds or€elor Preliminory Skerches 10 lhe nside modelng of lhe fgue wilhoul firsi eslab shing the ollside shope oJlhe fig uTe n o geneTotwgy E!€ry figure hos on implcil oclion, or gesture.]he lne A connech ihe ports of lhe body lrcm heod io ioe and suggesis lhe geslure of nre pose.Gestu€ isthe h.4hm or music ofthe figure. which creoles o peosing relotionsh p benreen one form cnd onolher Mchef ongelo ncorporoled o slrong sense of ges ture in o lof hisdrowngs. Hh bold curving ond spiroling ines pre\r'enled lire pose frcm becoming stiff ond wno'rurol
Indicating Form with Line orcotcesheshotinsnheaeaofC ev hdca8he8uicghepeotneouigu8 then applied to the large masses.suggest 42
Indicoling Form with line ,/l ,l t'l f/ ,11 , r:i! :i' -B l.l eal g lllchelongelo drew consfonil\4 ond beItI couse poper was expensi\e in the sixleenth ceniury h s pogeswele n\oroblyf lled wlh o\,e opping sketches ond studies. lhe skelches on ihis poge cleor y demonsirole his eorly esioblishmenl of powe !1, e\ocot\€ dlowings. The bod, untolierng ines used lo ndicote lhe oulside shope of ihe odulttg!€ and ch d {A) ore beoulifu ydrown Once the oliside conlour of o llgufe v/os delermined, Mcheongelo begon to ind cote more deio ed forms He represented skeeiol ond musculor mosses by quick, light nes For ex omple,ihe lnes ol B indicoie the col orbones, or c avcles; ihe shod nes in lhe oreo of C suggesilhe greol pecioro muscles on lop of lhe r b coge. A ser es of shorl lnes, which \dere then applied lo lhe arge mosses, suggesi forms thoi ore lo be in shodowt nole lhe cur\,ed lines on the bock ofihe thlgh oi D. J tl' ,tii r 1, :
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The Shapes of Form and patiently refine forms are ex tal to drawing e forms accurately As the draw. ACKIN AROUPOSES
The Shopes of Form The n o fgures on ihe rqhlotlhs drowing, ! whch ore rendered n lqhi ondshode (4 were perhops frct skelched ln line, much like the n o frgu€s on the eft (Bl It is helplulfilsilo ind colelheoulsideshape of lhe figLrre in o loose ond genero monner, wilhoul being concemed oboul mnor de toils.l€ep ng in mind howlhe heod,rib coge, ond pe vic mosses ore lo be p oced in spoce, ),ou musl o so delerrn ne the poslons of ihe orms ond egs, Once you ho€ oppropr ole y drown lhe ouls de shope lo del lle lhe direc iion ond size of ihe forms, lhen colefully ond poienlly refne ollthe genero lines io ochieve the flno ouis de conlour ine As you obser\e the oulside shopes of these fgures, noiicelhe \,orous chonges in difeciion of lhe lnes l.liimotely,lhe lines of lhe f glle connol be vogue; ihey must cleory fepresent the onolomy lt s mportanl, ho\^€!€i notlo drow lines ndicolng deta ls L.htilthe dfecllonsond propofiions ol the lorger forms ore exoct y lhe woyyouwsnilhem Obviouslythesiudyof lhe shopes of ihe forms of ihe body isfundomenio io drowing ihose forms occuraiey As ihe trueshopes of lhe bone ond rnuscle slructure ore underslood, lin€s become \€ry eosy to aa! i ! *# *.r'i rVO SOTDIERS SEEN FROM BACK IN VAR OUS POSFS 't534, block cholk se/t'/ 4ft t15 t 1o.6.nl