Anatomy Day

Our post today are all supposedly anatomical, although I have a couple of doubts.

We start with a model who has appeared here before in different poses.

 

Czech I

I'm not sure, but I think this is from a Cold War era Czech text.

 

1910

This drawing looks like an academit art piece, but my source says 

that it is an anatomical drawing from 1910.

 

Measure I

This one and another in today's set are a bit of a mystery.  They look like those 20th Century body typing studies, but my source described them as anatomical photos.  I suppose they could be both.

 

Side view

This side view from an anatomical textbook shows the muscles

 fairly well despite the low techincal resolution.

 

Measure II

By comparing the baseboard and wall features, I've determined that this photo was made 

in the same room as a similar one posted in today's series.

 

Mapped

The diagrams added to this photo remind me of an illustration we had on the ranch 

where I grew up that showed the various cuts of beef one could get from a steer.

 

Czech II

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Norm Man

I'm ending the anatomical series with Normman, aka Norm Man, a 1943 sculptural portrayal of what the average Caucasian male would be.  Based on measurements and photos of about 8,500 men, Norm was done by artist Abram Belskie with the assistance of physician Robert Dickinson.  They also did a female version called Norma, but I don't think most of you would want to see her.

 

Text

My source only said this was from a textbook,

but anatomical or art anatomy seem likely.

 

Londe/Richer

This is from the 1890s collaboration of Londe and Richer.  I love the rings off to the side 

and find myself wondering if the stunningly handsome model had any clue that he would 

gain a form of immortality by posing nude while exercising.  Something tells me 

that he would be pleased to know we marvel over him to this day.

 

Homosexual

This "homosexual with virile bodily development" appeared on a website that described it as mid-20th Century.  I suppose some publisher may have gotten away with it in a medical text, but I don't know where in the English speaking world this could have been safely published before 1967.

 

East German Textbook, 1982

These three photos are from page 177 of East German Professor Gottfried Bamme's 1982 textbook in anatomy for artists.  The East Germans were surprisingly easy going when it came to nudity in art or naturist clubs, but they would shoot to kill if you tried to leave the country.

 

19th Century Day

We're visiting the 19th Century today, beginning with this anatomical photo by an unknown photographer.  The same model from a different angle will appear at the end of today's series.

 

Anatomical II

As promised, here is the match to the first photo in today's set to close things out.

 

Anatomical 2368

This almost classically posed photo is from an anatomical series Mr. Londe produced.

 

Anatomical 2367

I have what I presume to be only a partial collection of this series of Mr. Londe's anatomical photos.  I say that because I only have numbers 2359, 2360, 2367, and 2368.  Numbers 2361 through 2366 are probably out there somewhere, but I haven't been able to find them.

 

Richer Collaboration

Although it's a well known fact that Mr. Londe and Prof. Paul Richer worked together 

on a number of occasions, this twofer is one of the best documented as such.

 

Anatomical 2359

Anatomical photo 2359 shows something that just about every gym class includes.

 

Now attributed

I think I've posted this anatomical photograph in the past,

but I only recently learned that it was by Mr. Londe.