"This catalogue examines one of the most important educational tools and sources of inspiration for Western artists for over five hundred years: drawing after the Antique. From the Renaissance to the 19th century, classical statues offered young artists idealised models from which they could learn to represent the volumes, poses and expressions of the human figure and which, simultaneously, provided perfected examples of anatomy and proportion. For established artists, antique statues and reliefs presented an immense repertory of forms that they could use as inspiration for their own creations. Through a selection of thirty-nine drawings, prints and paintings, covering more than four hundred years and by artists as different as Federico Zuccaro, Hendrick Goltzius, Peter Paul Rubens, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Henry Fuseli and Joseph Mallord William Turner, this catalogue provides the first overview of a phenomenon crucial for the understanding and appreciation of European art."--Page 2 of cover.

Within the definition of museum, Bierbaum (library and information services, U. of Iowa) embraces science and nature centers, historical societies, and aquariums, as well as more traditional manifestations. She offers a guide to libraries and information services servicing such institutions, focusing on how to find, acquire, organize, and interpret documentary records that illuminate the objects in the library and enhance the scholarship of the curators, the creativity of the exhibitors, and the skill of the educators. The date for the first edition is not noted. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR