Programs & Services

Wednesday, December 17 - Open until 9:00.
This is the last Wednesday with evening hours until January 14, 2009.
No evening hours: December 24, December 31, or January 7.

Monday, December 22 - Library Closes at 2:00 for a museum staff function.

Wednesday, December 24 - Library Closes at 4:00.

Thursday, December 25 - Library Closed.

Wednesday, December 31 - Library Closes at 4:00.

Thursday, January 1 - Library Closed.

Regular hours (Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 - 5:00) are in effect on all other days.

Historia General Del Piru by Martín de Murúa is the earliest illustrated history of Peru.  Compiled in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the volume chronicles the Incas and the early Viceroyalty of Peru.  Until recently the text was available only to scholars at the Getty Research Institute.  A second copy is privately owned and held in Ireland.  With the publication of this manuscript facsimile a much larger scholarly audience gains access to this historical text.  The text is reproduced in its entireity, over 800 pages, with numerous full color hand illustrations depicting traditional dress.  Text pages are handwritten and presented in grey scale for ease of reading.  Larger pages are accomodated with foldouts, thus preserving the volume’s integrity.  As well, references in the margins match pages from the Getty’s original multi-volumed folio set.  The facsimile is delivered in a box set with a second volume entitled, The Getty Murúa: Essays on the Making of Martín de Murúa’s Historia General del Piru.  This text is a fascinating comparison of the two original versions of the volume, the Getty’s and the Galvin, as well as the process of reproducing the text.

ArtStor is a subscription database available by clicking Search Collections and then View Online Resources.  This online repository holds hundreds of thousands of digital from participating organizations, including the Cleveland Museum of Art.  While the basics of how to navigate ArtStor are fairly obvious, there are some nuances to the interface that might prove useful to researchers.  ArtStor has produced a series of videos, available on YouTube, to demonstrate the many features of this highly useful resource.  For updates on ArtStor collections, bookmark the ArtStor blog.

Seven years in the making, the Pewter Collectors’ Club of America has published a unique volume entitled Collecting Antique Pewter: What to Look For and What to Avoid. Pewter dominated tableware in eighteenth century America and as such became highly collectible by the next two centuries.  The book is divided into three parts. Collecting & connoisseurship addresses form, style, period, rarity, function, condition, marks, decoration, and attribution. In a photograph of one plate, four states of condition are detailed, from best to poor. As it is incredibly difficult to photograph metal, this detail is distinctive. The section on construction & fabrication examines types of casting and assembly with all the unassembled parts and tools for creating a piece. Finally, the fakes, forgeries & reproductions main bulk of the book goes right for the throat. As embarrassing for collectors to admit they may have purchased a fake, a lot can be learned from such an experience. The photographs comparing genuine and fake marks are sharply rendered on various forms of pewter, making this publication a valuable reference guide for serious collectors.  NK8406 .P49 2006

Please note the following changes in Ingalls Library hours during Thanksgiving Week, November 24-28:

Monday, November 24^th - Library opens at 11:00 due to a museum All Staff Meeting
Tuesday, November 25^th - Regular hours in effect (10:00 - 5:00)
Wednesday, November 26^th - Library closes at 5:00
Thursday, November 27^th - Thanksgiving Day— CLOSED
Friday, November 28^th - Regular hours in effect (10:00 - 5:00)

Though the details of Pieter Bruegel’s life are not entirely known, the literature on his oeuvre is significant.  Newly published, Bruegel: the Complete Paintings, Prints and Drawings is a welcome addition.  In the 32 page introduction the author Manfred Sellink addresses some of the inconsistancies of Brugel’s life story.  The artist’s work follows, in paintings, drawings, and prints, followed by posthumous prints, and problematic attributions.  Most entries are briefly annotated, while major works extend over several pages.  Illustrations are reproduced with numerous details.  A short bibliography follows.  A note from the author states that, “it is not the aim of this book to provide as complete a list as possible of all references for each work,” continuing, “it is very much the question as to whether that aim would indeed be worthwhile in view of their highly varying quality.”  The catalogue closes with three indices, a topographical index to paintings and drawings, an index of works, and an index of proper names.  Located in recent acquisitions.  N6973.B68 A4 2007

The portrait miniature is a form that developed from manuscript illumination in the 16th century in Europe and continued for over four hundred years.  Its practitioners worked predominantly in watercolor and gouache on vellum and ivory, but also in enamel.  The Cleveland Museum of Art has an extensive collection of portrait miniatures a selection of which are on display in the gallery of British art in the 1916 building.  The following is a bibliography of important texts on English and Continental portrait miniatures.

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The Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals is the sole online index to 42 art journals published in the U.S. during that century.  As the name implies, the index covers 1800-1899.  It provides essential information on artists and illustrators, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture and design, exhibitions and sales, decoration, and collecting.  The index contains more than 26,000 records. To access the Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals, click Search Collections and then View Online Resources.  Instruction in this resource is available through the Reference Desk.

Title: Library Closed Veterans Day
Date: 2008-11-10

Title: ArtStor and CMA Image Catalog
Location: Seminar Room
Description: This workshop highlights the resources in Images available at the Ingalls Library.
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2008-11-25
End Time: 15:30