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Getty Voices: Renaissance Gardens
Also tagged gardening, illuminated manuscripts, illustration, rare books, Renaissance, still life
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Posted in Ancient World, Art, Exhibitions and Installations, Getty Research Institute, Photographs, Film, and Video
New Exhibition Offers Look Inside Pompeii’s Interiors
The exhibition Inside Out: Pompeian Interiors Exposed, recently opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Westwood, provides a historic glimpse inside the houses and villas of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Drawing mainly from the photo archive of the Getty Research Institute,… More»
Posted in Antiquities, Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The Italian Showcase
If our globe had a school playground, could you spot Italy? That’s right, the one voted “most popular.” Good-looking, sharp, charismatic. Plus, a rock star in art class. This year, the popular kid turns 150. Surprisingly, the nation that for… More»
Posted in Antiquities, Behind the Scenes, Conservation, Exhibitions and Installations, Getty Villa, J. Paul Getty Museum
Apollo’s Drapery: An Unfolding Puzzle
A new exhibition opening at the Getty Villa, Apollo from Pompeii: Investigating an Ancient Bronze, marks the completion of an 18-month conservation project that developed in collaboration with the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples. The exhibition presents the different aspects… More»
Posted in Architecture and Design, Getty Foundation
Inside Brunelleschi’s Dome
View of Brunelleschi's dome from the first gallery. Photo courtesy of the project for the photographic documentation of the Cupola of St. Maria del Fiore in Florence
Italy is full of extraordinary, breathtaking round-the-corner experiences. You round a corner in Rome and find the Pantheon. In Pisa it could be the Torre Pendente di Pisa, better known as the Leaning Tower. When you arrive at the Florence… More»
Also tagged duomo, Filippo Brunelleschi, Florence, grants, International, Italian art, Latin, Manuscripts and Books, Margaret Haines
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