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About: Roger Howard

I’m a museum technologist, pythonista/djangonaut. panographer, and woodworking enthusiast. As software architect at the J. Paul Getty Museum, I design and build virtual theme parks with the online collection.

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Posted in Antiquities, Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Publications

Developing an Online Scholarly Museum Catalogue

By Roger Howard | Published: December 3, 2012
Lollypop Viewer
A glimpse of the disabled "lollipop" viewer with Pendant: Divinity Holding Hares, Etruscan, 600–550 B.C. Height: 97 mm; width: 64 mm; depth: 24 mm; Diameter of suspension holes: 2.5 mm; Weight: 76 g. Gift of Gordon McLendon. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 77.AO.82

We just launched our first online scholarly catalogue, Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum, available at museumcatalogues.getty.edu/ambers. This catalogue was a collaborative effort between our Publications team, the Museum’s curatorial and conservation staff, and the department I… More»

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      myancientworld:

      hehasawifeyouknow:

      This could be my favourite Greek drinking vessel ever!

      ancientpeoples:

      Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in the Shape of a Donkey Head

      c. 460 BC

      Greek, Attica

      This drinking cup could not have been set down without its contents spilling. It is fashioned after the head of a bridled donkey with a white muzzle, teeth, and ears. Like the naked satyr chasing a fleeing maenad on the vessel’s neck, the donkey belongs to the retinue of the wine god Dionysos. Douris, one of the great Athenian vase painters of first half of the fifth century B.C., decorated this amusing cup.

      Source: The Art Institute of Chicago

      In the morning, I’m making WAFFLES

      This cup has a built-in drinking game: it can’t be put down until empty.


      05/18/13

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