Anatomy, Artistic

Duval's artistic anatomy

In offering instruction in anatomy to artists, one feels compelled at the outset to attempt an answer to the question: Of what use is anatomy, scientifically considered, in the training of the artist?

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I.

In offering instruction in anatomy to artists, one feels compelled at the outset to attempt an answer to the question: Of what use is anatomy, scientifically considered, in the...

2. CHAPTER II.

Anatomy in general; the anatomy of the external forms of man; physiology of the same.--Origin of the knowledge of the Greek artists of the anatomy of external forms; the influen...

3. CHAPTER III.

_Osteology_ and _Arthrology_.--Anatomical nomenclature: median line; lateral parts; the meaning of terms.--Of the bones in general: long bones (shafts and extremities); flat bon...

4. CHAPTER IV.

The Sternum: its three portions--manubrium, gladiolus, xiphoid appendage; position and direction of the sternum; its dimensions, absolute and relative.--The ribs; the true ribs,...

5. CHAPTER V.

The bones of the shoulder.--The clavicle: its shaft and extremities, sternal and acromial: its proportions.--The shoulder-blade: its situation and relations.--The spine of the s...

6. CHAPTER VI.

The bony structure of the arm and elbow.--The shaft of the humerus.--The axis of the arm and forearm.--Spiral groove of the humerus; the inferior extremity of the humerus; the t...

7. CHAPTER VII.

The bones of the forearm; ulna and radius.--The lower extremities of these bones; their styloid processes; triangular fibro-cartilage of the wrist.--_Pronation_ and _supination_...

8. CHAPTER VIII.

The bony structure of the hand.--The wrist, or carpus; eight bones in two rows, superior and inferior.--The radio-carpal articulation, or wrist-joint.--Carpal joints.--The form...

9. CHAPTER IX.

The bony structure of the hips.--The pelvis; _sacrum_ (five vertebræ welded together); _coccyx_ (the caudal appendage in man and the monkeys resembling man); the _innominate bon...

10. CHAPTER X.

The femur: its superior extremity: _neck_, _head_, and _trochanters_.--Hip-joint, or _coxo-femoral articulation_; movements of the joint; limits of these movements; limits of ex...

11. CHAPTER XI.

The bony structure of the thigh and knee.--Shaft of femur: its curvature; oblique direction; linea aspera.--Lower extremity of femur: condyles; inter-condyloid notch; patellar s...

12. CHAPTER XII.

The bony structure of the leg.--_Tibia_ and _fibula_: tibio-fibular articulation; absence of mobility in the fibula (differences between the leg and forearm: between the foot an...

13. CHAPTER XIII.

Bony structure of the foot.--Union of bones of tarsus; astragalus and calcaneum (canalis tarsi, or tunnel of the tarsus); astragalar articulations, inferior calcaneo-scaphoid li...

14. CHAPTER XIV.

The bony structure of the _head_; division into _cranium_ and _face_. Study of the vault, or skull-cap. _Occipital_ bone.--_Parietal_ bone (parietal eminence and temporal ridge)...

15. CHAPTER XV.

The bony structure of the face.--_Orbital cavities_: margins; cavities.--_Nasal fossæ_: anterior orifice.--Prominence of the _cheek_; malar bone and its processes.--_Upper jaw._...

16. CHAPTER XVI.

Of _muscles_ in general.--_Muscular contraction_: changes of form; movements produced. Composition of muscles; fleshy belly and tendon; aponeurosis. Nomenclature of muscles, the...

17. CHAPTER XVII.

_Trapezius_, attachments and surface form.--_Latissimus dorsi._--_Deep muscles_ visible in relation to the trapezius and latissimus dorsi--1, lateral region of neck (_splenius_...

18. CHAPTER XVIII.

The _deltoid_: its _form_, _thickness_, _actions_.--Muscular form of the shoulder as a whole.--The deeper muscles (_supraspinatus_ and _subscapularis_).--_Serratus magnus_ muscl...

19. CHAPTER XIX.

1st. Anterior muscles: _Biceps_, its two heads; its fusiform body; its bifurcation below (aponeurotic expansion and tendon); its action (supinator and flexor of forearm); influe...

20. CHAPTER XX.

Division into groups:--A. Anterior muscles of the forearm. The _superficial muscles_, or _those arising from the inner condyle_: pronator radii teres, flexor carpi radialis, pal...

21. CHAPTER XXI.

3rd. The posterior deep muscles of the forearm; their tendons at the level of the wrist (_anatomical snuff-box_).--Muscles of the hand;--1st. Muscles of the thumb, or _thenar em...

22. CHAPTER XXII.

_The Buttock._--_Gluteus maximus_, its thickness and form; its relations to the great trochanter.--_Gluteus medius._--The subjacent muscles (_gluteus minimus_, _pyriformis_, etc...

23. CHAPTER XXIII.

General arrangement of the muscles with regard to the skeleton.--Anterior muscles of the leg (_tibialis anticus_ and _extensors_).--External or _peroneal_ muscles; relations of...

24. CHAPTER XXIV.

Lateral and anterior regions of the neck.--_Sterno-mastoid_ muscles. The anterior triangle; infra-hyoid and supra-hyoid regions.--Organs contained in the neck (vertebral column,...

25. CHAPTER XXV.

1st. Muscles of _mastication_; _masseter_, its form, its share in the physiognomy (character of firmness, of violence); _temporal muscle_. 2nd. Muscles of expression; nature and...

26. CHAPTER XXVI.

Muscles of the upper part of the face: _Occipito-frontalis_ (attention); _orbicularis palpebrarum_ of the eyelids, superior _orbital_ portion (reflection); _pyramidalis nasi_ (m...