Notes and video excerpts from the Getty’s participation in the World Economic Forum. More»
Roman poetry is filled with entertaining rants against urban evils, which I revisited with glee while preparing for a gallery class I taught at the Getty Villa last month. Some of the most illuminating diatribes come to us from D…. More»
Nikolaus Pevsner (1902–1983) was one of the 20th century’s foremost historians of British architecture. Even today, tourists wander through the historic squares of England aided by Pevsner’s The Buildings of England guidebooks, which remain in print with Yale University Press… More»
Medieval methods of entertainment included sad dances and alienation parties.
Tights are not pants, circa 1400something.