UPDATE: The screening of the 1911 film L’Inferno, scheduled for Saturday, June 23, at 3:00 p.m., has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience. The other two films will screen as planned. The Museum’s Department of Manuscripts recently opened the… More»
Manuscripts and Books
Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, J. Paul Getty Museum, Manuscripts and Books
To Hell and Back: Dante’s Inferno in Art and Film
Posted in Education, Exhibitions and Installations, J. Paul Getty Museum, Manuscripts and Books
Just Desserts – Gourmet Gothic Sweets
When you hear the word “Gothic,” what comes to mind? Black-lipstick-wearing teens? Cathedrals with flying buttresses? What about lavender pudding or torta bonissima? Students at the Getty learned what tickled the Gothic sweet tooth at a culinary course that featured… 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, Italy, Latin, Margaret Haines
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