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. School catalog, 1917-1918. rectly in various mediums, value, color,and textures of objects. COURSE OF TRAINING FOR CURATORS This course comprehends, during the first season, October toMay, the study of the history museums; the functions of the modernmuseum, whether art, industrial, scientific, local, historical, or choice of the dominant idea for a museum, and the requirementsand equipment of the building. The installation, classification, label-ing, and nature of collections and their treatment. The diseases ofobjects and their remedies. The art of collecting. The library,lire a
. School catalog, 1917-1918. rectly in various mediums, value, color,and textures of objects. COURSE OF TRAINING FOR CURATORS This course comprehends, during the first season, October toMay, the study of the history museums; the functions of the modernmuseum, whether art, industrial, scientific, local, historical, or choice of the dominant idea for a museum, and the requirementsand equipment of the building. The installation, classification, label-ing, and nature of collections and their treatment. The diseases ofobjects and their remedies. The art of collecting. The library,lire administration. The second season extends the study to the evolution and varia-tion of decorative forms and designs with a view to the identificationof objects, including Egyptian, Babylonian, Etruscan, Apulian,Aegean, Greek and Roman designs and forms and their derivativesdown to modern times. The history of glazes and glass. Imitationsand restorations, and their detection. This work is done in theMuseum at Memorial Hall. 22. This course is planned for the training of designers, anddecorative painters, for practical work in interior decoration. Itinvolves a thorough study of the various historic periods. Designand rendering in color for interiors in elevation and painting in water color, tempera, and oil. Color har-mony. Drawing, designing, and modeling of ornament. Originaldesigns and working drawings for furniture, architectural details,hangings, stained glass, stencils, and mosaics. Drawing from castsand life. Library and museum research under direction. Theapplication of studies from nature, as flowers, fruit, landscape, andhgure, to decorative uses. The work of the class is supplemented by lectures on ColorHarmony, Period Furniture, the History of Architecture and Orna-ment, and by visits to notable buildings and collections where thebest historic and modern work may be seen, and to the shops of thebest decorators and other craftsmen, the aim being t
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