Neueröffneter Musen-Tempel: welcher das allermerkwürdigste, aus den Fabeln der Alten in 60 auserlesenen und schönen Kupfern von Bernard Picart und andern kunstreichen Männern vorstellet ; mit deutlichen Erklärungen und Anmerkungen
Neueröffneter Musen-Tempel is a 1754 German book of 60 engraved plates illustrating classical fables, gathered by Bernard Picart and other engravers and issued with explanatory notes for readers of mythology. The pictures are framed copperplate engravings with dense, ornate baroque borders, showing crowded mythological scenes of gods, nymphs, and heroic figures in landscapes. A designer might borrow the ornamental cartouche frames, the dramatic cloud-filled sky compositions, and the way small figures are staged in wooded settings.
