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Anatomy & Action of the Horse

Highlights: Dual market appeal—artists and horse lovers • Over 75 accurate illustrations of muscles, bones, joints • “[the author] is unequalled among living painters in the representation of animals. Excellent anatomical drawings—New Statesman and Nation “Unusual in conception, originality, style and interest a treasure for the horseman’s library.”

— Times [London] Literary Supplement This easy-to-read text explains the horse as a machine made for movement. Using different colors in his drawings, the author not oniy describes with clarity the functions of various muscles, but also creates images that have the power to suggest movement and stress. Diagrams and color illustrations of the horse’s anatomy are supplemented by meticulous’y rendered sketches of the entire animal. The Anatomy and Action of the Horse will enlighten anyone fascinated by movement who would like to better comprehend its execution. This is also a book that will appeal to horse lovers who want to know why this animal is capable of moving with such grace and speed (without having to go into the anatomical complexities of the subject).

Unabridged republication of the edition published by the Countryman Press Woodstock, Vermont, Z936. 66 black-and-white illustrations.

index. Bibliography. Glossary. l€Opp. plus 24-page full-color insert. 6" x 9 1/4". August2003

 

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