Marquetry (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)
For centuries the art of marquetry has been centered in Paris, where the tradition has been transmitted only within workshops concentrated in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. The outside world, therefore, has had very limited knowledge of the techniques used by the masters of this art.
The publication of this English-language edition of La Marquetrie gives amateurs, art historians, creative woodworkers, and conservators access to an...Read Full Story
Walker Evans In His Own Words. Film & video from the J Paul Getty Museum. Features Evans talking about his work during the Depression, his collaboration with the author James Agee, and his pursuit of a "bull's-eye" photograph. HAS THE REAL PLAYER WINDOW CRASHED? Click here for the J Paul Getty Museum video page. The Getty Museum has more resoures on Evans. Photographs are here and a brief biography is here. Created & published by Nick LloydRead Full Story
Luxury Arts of the Renaissance (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) by Marina Belozerskaya (2) Buy new: $34.49 22 used & new from $28.99 (Visit the Best Sellers in Decorative Arts list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Find the best price Click HereRead Full Story
The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum: Life and Afterlife of a Sculpture Collection (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) ( Hardcover ) By Carol C. Mattusch Buy new : $68.07 17 used and new from $42.00 First tagged by Jökull Customer tags: statues , classics , art history , archaeology , sculpture Review & Description The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum-buried during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, then rediscovered in 1750-contained a large collection of bronze and marble...Read Full Story
The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum: Life and Afterlife of a Sculpture Collection (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) ( Hardcover ) By Carol C. Mattusch Buy new : $68.07 17 used and new from $42.00 First tagged by Jökull Customer tags: statues , classics , art history , archaeology , sculpture Review & Description The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum-buried during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, then rediscovered in 1750-contained a large collection of bronze and marble...Read Full Story
The examples of Smith’s work currently on display combine sophisticated photography with sophisticated weaving theory and digital image processing. He uses individual photo images to create a design that is a distinctive image on its own and looks a bit ...
89.3 KPCCJ. Paul Getty Museum announces 2 new acquisitionsSacramento BeeSpokeswoman Alexandria Sivak says the hilltop museum has acquired "The Pancake Maker," a 1782 drawing in the late Rococo style by French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard. The drawing depicts a bevy of eager children watching as a mother cooks beignets on ...Getty Museum announces two acquisitions: A rare Fragonard drawing and a German ...Art Dailyall 29 news articles »
LOS ANGELES, CA.-The J. Paul Getty Museum announced the acquisition of the Abbey Bible, an Italian illuminated manuscript that exemplifies the highest achievements of the Gothic era. The Bible is named for a previous owner, who was a celebrated collector ...
LOS ANGELES, CA.-The J. Paul Getty Museum today announced the acquisition at auction of Portrait of a Young Man, Head and Shoulders, Wearing a Cap, drawn about 1470, attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo (c. 1443-1496). The drawing, from the early Florence ...
Apparently when James Cuno enters a cultural institution, he doesn’t just take the reigns, but takes over completely. Just four months ago, the former head of the Art Institute of Chicago took over as the new President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, and all the various museums and organizations that fall under that giant blanket. Now the Getty Museum has announced that its acting director, David Bomford, who replaced Michael Brand just...
The Trial (without result) of former Getty curator Marion True has been covered here many times before. The book “Chasing Aphrodite” aims to retell some of this story, as well as the background to it.
Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World’s Richest Museum
Author: Ralph Frammolino
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
ISBN: [...]
"It is not entirely clear why Bomford is leaving in February instead of waiting for Cuno to name a museum director, but his departure is a sign that Bomford, Cuno or both realized that he was not the best fit for the open job. Bomford was not available to speak today, according to a Getty spokesperson."...
Collections comprise seven areas of art: Greek and Roman antiquities, Medieval manuscripts, European paintings, sculpture, drawings and decorative arts, and photographs. Located in Los Angeles ...
The "new Getty" cost $1 billion to construct. With $1 billion, one could print a book of full-color reproductions of all the major works in the Getty collection and mail a copy to every home
Scotsman - ROME (Reuters) - Italy has dropped a legal suit against the Getty Museum after the richest U.S. art institution agreed to return 40 items Rome believes were stolen and smuggled out of the c