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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Sara, there is a book that has the image you're thinking of (I think). Unfortunately, its pretty old. Ernst Lehner's Picture Book of Symbols. This is one of my favorite resources for those images that 'everyone' knows, but you can't find a picture of! JB ****************************************************************************** Jan Buckwalter [log in to unmask] Phoenix Public Library 1221 N Central Ave Phoenix AZ 85004 ****************************************************************************** On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Sara J. MacDonald, UArts Library wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > I have spent the last hour with a student looking for an image of a > sculpture of Atlas holding up the world. I found the Riccio inkwell > in the Frick Collection, but that's not it. I checked the Oxford > Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts and didn't come up with > anything. We found the Hellenistic Atlas, which is pretty close but > not what the student is looking for. > > The image the student and I both seem to have in our heads is sort > of a Rodin-like figure (but I didn't find a Rodin) with both arms > upraised holding the globe. Both legs are bent, possibly one knee > on the ground. Was an Atlas image ever used for a movie studio's > opening credits? That's what's in my little brain. > > This is going to bug me until I find it. Any suggestions are most > welcome! Thanks. > > Sara J. MacDonald, Reference Librarian > Albert M. Greenfield Library, University of the Arts > 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19102 USA > Voice: (215) 875-1016 Fax: (215) 875-2296 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > UArts home page: http://www.libertynet.org/~uarts/ >