Bridgman's Life Drawing (Dover Anatomy for Artists) Please understand that this is a used book. "The Human Machine" by George B. Bridgman (1865-1943), a Canadian painter and instructor at the Art Students League. The original was published in 1939 by Bridgman Publishers, Inc. as "THE HUMAN MACHINE THE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE & MECHANISM OF THE HUMAN BODY." This book is one of Bridgman's later works and is a culmination of Bridgman's style of art anatomy, which simplifies the musculoskeletal system to grasp its structure. Applying the human body to simple forms such as rectangular solids and circles can be seen in the works of Dürer and Martinez, and is a highly universal practice in art. Bridgman's innovation was to apply this to anatomical structure and its movement, and to teach it to his students. This method provides a clue for students who have few opportunities to touch anatomical specimens to understand the form of the internal structure.