Townsend Atelier announces that visiting artist, author, and expert on human anatomy, Roberto Osti, will be giving a lecture at their Southside studio and school, 301 East 11th St., on Friday, May 26 from 6-7:30 p.m.
"Artists, art lovers, students, collectors and just the plain curious, are encouraged to attend," officials said. "The event is open to the public free of charge.
"Mr. Osti, an expert on anatomy and figurative art, will discuss how the knowledge of anatomy, or the lack of it, has influenced the way artists have represented the human body in art during the millennia.
"Mr. Osti will explain the evolution of the body in art from the poised and controlled human figures of the Classical period to the Hellenistic bodies animated and contorted by overwhelming passions; from the codified images of the Byzantine period to the bodies of the upward reaching gothic figures; and the Renaissance revolution and how it revived anatomy both for art and science. The Baroque, Neoclassical and Romantic periods will also be discussed and the effect that Science and Pseudoscience had on the Arts and Culture of specific Historical times. The talk will be supported by a Powerpoint presentation."
Immediately following the lecture, Mr. Osti will be available to sign his newly published book, Basic Anatomy: An Essential Guide for Artists.
About Roberto Osti
Originally from Italy and now living in New Jersey, Roberto Osti studied figurative art at the New York Art Students League, and has an MFA from the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY. He has a degree in Anatomical and Surgical Drawing with honors from University of Bologna, in Bologna, Italy and has also studied with acclaimed British painter, Jenny Saville. His illustrations have appeared in such publications as Scientific American Magazine, Scientific American Mind, Scientific American Explorations, Scientific American Books, Natural History Magazine, New York Times-Science Times, and the Italian magazine Salve. In October 2016, Roberto presented his newly published book, Basic Human Anatomy: An Essential Visual Guide for Artists, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in conjunction with his talk about anatomy, “The Site of the Soul”.