FIGURES,

FACES & FOLDS

 FIGURES,
FACES & FOLDS

Adolphe Armand Braun

Dover Publications, Inc.

Mineola, New York
 Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 2017, is an unabridged republication of the
work originally published by Bridgman Publishers, Inc., Pelham, New York, in 1928.

Names: Braun, Adolphe Armand, 1869– author.

Title: Figures, faces & folds : women’s form and dress for artists, students and
designers / Adolphe Armand Braun.
Other titles: Figures, faces and folds
Description: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 2017. | “This Dover edition,
first published in 2017, is an unabridged republication of the work originally
published by Bridgman Publishers, Inc., Pelham, New York, in 1928.”
Identifiers: LCCN 2016043660| ISBN 9780486815923 (paperback) | ISBN 0486815927
Subjects: LCSH: Human figure in art. | Women in art. | Drapery in art. | Clothing and
dress in art. | BISAC: ART / Techniques / Life Drawing.
Classification: LCC NC765 .B74 2017 | DDC 700/.4561—dc23 LC record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016043660

Manufactured in the United States by LSC Communications

81592701 2017
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Ranging from classical to contemporary eras, this art

instruction manual presents a historical overview of
the depiction of women in drawings, paintings, sculp-
ture, and photography. The highly detailed study is
generously illustrated with black-and-white photo-
graphs, line drawings, and reproductions of paintings
by Botticelli, Rubens, Vermeer, and other masters.
More than one hundred reference photos, referred to
as “The Standard Poses,” offer an additional resource
for figure study.

Suitable for intermediate to advanced students of art,

the two-part treatment examines modes of dress and
their appearance in art, followed by the reference
photos. Topics range from drapery studies and the
structure of dress to the anatomy of the body and the
skeleton. Contemporary poses portray all aspects and
positions of the body in action as well as repose and
include a section on hands and gloves.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-486-81592-3
ISBN-10: 0-486-81592-7
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