Suggested Reading

from Lynn A. Fraley
Laf'n Bear Sculpture Studio

Anatomy References
(some titles are out of print)

Analysis of Vertebrae Structure   Milton Hildebrand, John Wiley & Sons, NY, ©1974

The Anatomy and Conformation of the Horse  Gladys Brown Edwards, Dreenan Press Ltd.

The Anatomy of Domestic Animals Sisson and Grossman, Saunders Pub.

The Anatomy of the Horse  G. Stubbs, Dover Pub.

The Anatomy of the Horse  Way and Lee, Lippincott Pub.

Animal Painting and Anatomy    W. Frank Calderon, Dover Pub.

The Artist's Guide to Animal Anatomy   Gottfried Bammes, Chartwell Books, Inc., Edison, NJ, 1994

An Atlas of Animal Anatomy For Artists    W. Ellenberger, Dover Pub.

The Coloring Atlas of Horse Anatomy    R. A. Kainer & T. O. McCraken, Alpine Publications, 1994

Conformation and Performance    Nancy S. Loving, DVM, Breakthrough Pub., Ossining, NY  1997

Conformation for the Purpose    Susan McBane, Swan Hill Press, Shrewsbury, Great Britain  2000

Conquerors Deb Bennett PhD, Amigo Pub.

Cyclopedia Anatomicae   György Fehér, Black Dog & Leventhal, 1996

The Empire of Equus    David P. Willoughby, A. S. Barnes and Co., Cranbury, NJ 1974

The Equine Athlete, How to Develop your Horse's Athletic Potential, Jo Hodges and Sarah Pilliner, Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, VT, 1992

Equine Locomotion Hilary Clayton et al, Saunders Pub

Horses and Other Animals in Motion    E. Muybridge, Dover Pub., 1985 (softbound)

Horse Conformation as to Soundness & Performance    Ben K. Green, Northland Press, 1986

Horse Gaits Balance & Movement   Susan E. Harris, Howell Book House, NY, 1993

The Horse in Action, Henry Wynmalen and Michael Lyne, Harold Starke Lmtd pub

The Horse's Muscles in Motion, Sara Wyche, Crowood Pub

The Horse; Structure and Movement   R.H. Smythe and P.C. Goody, J.A. Allen & Co. Ltd., 1986 

The Lame Horse; Causes, Symptoms & Treatment  James R. Rooney, Breakthrough Pub., © 1974

Modelling and Sculpting Animals, Edouard Lanteri, Dover Pub.

The Natural Colours of the Iceland Horse, S.A. Magnusson, Mal og menning, Reykjavik, 2001

A Photographic Guide to Conformation    R. Oliver & B. Langrish , J.A.Allen & Co., 1992

Physical Therapy and Massage for the Horse  Jean-Marie Denoix & Jean-Pierre Pailloux, Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, VT, 1997  (first published in France 1989)

Principles of Conformation Analysis Vol. 1 - 3   Deb Bennett Ph.D., Equus Reference Guide, 1990 

Skeletons; An Inside Look at Animals    Jimmy Johnson, Reader's Digest Assoc.

Understanding the Horse's Back, Sara Wyche, Crowood Pub

Understanding the Horse's Legs, Sara Wyche, Crowood Pub

General Breed Information

Eyewitness Handbooks; Horses    Elwyn Hartley Edwards, Dorling Kindersley, 1993 

International Enclycopedia of Horse Breeds  Bonnie L. Hendricks, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK, 1995

The Ultimate Horse Book    Elwyn Hartley Edwards, Dorling Kindersley, Inc., NY 1991

Equine Behavior

The Language of the Horse, M. Schafer, Kaye Ward Pub. 1975

The Nature of Horses; exploring equine evolution, intelligence and behavior   Stephen Budiansky, The Free Press, NY, 1997

Such is the Real Nature of Horses   Robert Vavra, William Morrow and Company, Inc. NY 1979
 

Titles for People Who Love Equine Art

The Art of George Stubbs  Venetia Morrison, Wellfleet Press, Secaucus, NJ, ©1989

Debra Butterfield San Diego Museum of Art, catalogue of an exhibit at the SDMA July 20 - September 15, 1996, San Diego Museum of Art, 1996

Concours Hippique; The Horse in Art, catalogue from the collections of the Musuem Boymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam, 1987

Horses and Movement; Drawings and Paintings by Lowes Dalbiac Luard edited by Oliver Beckett R.R.S.A. J. A. Allen & Company Ltd., London 1988

Horses; Photographs, Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture and Prints  edited by Bryan Holme, Studio Publications, Inc., in association with Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY, 1951 first edition

The Illustrated Horse  Jean Cluade Suarés and Charles Stephen, Harmony Books/Crown Publishers, 1979

Leonardo daVinci: Drawings of Horses and Other Animals from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle; catalogue by Carlo Pedretti, Johnson Reprint Corporation, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers  1984

Rien Poortvliet's Horses   Rien Poortvliet, K.O.K. Publishing Co. The Netherlands ©1978 dist. in US byStewart, Tabori & Chang , 1995

The Royal Horse and Rider: Painting, Sculpture and Horsemanship 1500 - 1800 Walter Liedtke, Abaris Books in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989

Sport and the Horse: catalgoue of the Exhibition of Paintings assembled at the Mueseum in Richmond from April 1 through May 15, 1960, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 1960