The Human Machine

- The Anatomical structure and mechanism of the human body -

The Human Machine book is about the anatomical structure and mechanism of the human body. The human machine is the body as not only a fixed framework, but also as a complex work of art which moves and is designed to move.

In over 400 drawings, George B. Bridgeman demonstrate the machine through the presentations which made him a gifted lecturer and teacher in his nearly 50 years at the Art Students League in New York.

The Human Machine starts with the framework of bones, he starts with the skeletal components of the system; then he adds the muscles, shows the changes in the muscles as the body moves, and finally, shows the appearance of the bodily section in action. As the title implies. Bridgman, throughout, supplements his anatomical work with comparative drawings of simple machines.