ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS.
THE want of opportunity for artists to gain that practical insight into the anatomy of the human form which is so essential to correct drawing of the figure, is likely to be supplied. Mr. DERMOTT, the well-known lecturer on anatomy, whose ability as a teacher is generally acknow- ledged, is about to deliver at the Charlotte Street School of Medicine, a course of lectures expressly adapted to the information of artists, which will be illustrated by dissections. To quote the prospectus, " All the muscles, sinews, and bones, forming the external configuration of the human frame will be fully demonstrated ; more especially the muscles which are called into action during the diffe:-ent movements of the body, causing the variations of its contour." Those students who may desire it will also be permitted to dissect, as well as to inspect the subject. The terms for the course are so moderate that few artists will find them an obstacle to acquiring this indispensable knowledge.
The anatomical lectures of Professor GREEN, now in course of deli- very at the Royal Academy, are valuable as learned and elegant dis- courses on the influence of anatomy on the form and movement of the figure; but actual demonstrations of the structures of the bones and muscles of the body can alone make the artist thoroughly acquainted with the conformation, position, and action of the various . parts, that are developed differently in every motion of the figure. It is no dis- paragement of Professor GREEN'S merits to say that a practical ac- quaintance with the details of anatomy is a necessary preliminary to the complete understanding and fall appreciation of his lectures : the science must be learnt by that minute investigation of nature which can only be pursued at the dissecting-table.
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