Since 2008, the antiquities conservation and curatorial departments at the J. Paul Getty Museum have been working with colleagues at the Antikensammlung in Berlin to study and conserve a group of South Italian (Apulian) vases dating to the 4th century B.C. from Berlin’s collection. The group consists of thirteen vases, reportedly discovered in fragments in [...]
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Tags: antiquities conservation, Berlin Antikensammlung, ceramics, collaboration, conservation science, Greek art, vase-painting, X-radiography
The recently acquired white-ground lekythos on display in Women and Children in Antiquity (Gallery 207) at the Getty Villa is a handsome addition to the Museum’s antiquities collection. With its narrow neck and cylindrical body, this popular type of vase was perfectly designed to hold oil. It was produced in Athens during much of the [...]
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Tags: antiquities conservation, conservation science, Getty Museum collection, Greek art, pottery, vase-painting
The Art of Ancient Greek Theater closed on January 3, but one loan object from the exhibition won’t be making its way back home for a while. An Attic black-figured amphora, or storage vessel, from the James Logie Memorial Collection at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, will remain at the Villa. The earthquake [...]
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Tags: Art of Ancient Greek Theater, earthquakes, Greek art, loans, vase-painting
Eleven teachers enter an underground room at the Getty Villa. In a space with wooden crates marked “fragile” sits a large table. They are asked to put on latex gloves as an aura of anticipation fills the air. “When was this made?” asks curator David Saunders as he pulls an object from one of the [...]
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Tags: Greek art, K-12 programs, pottery, professional development, teachers, vase-painting, Wednesday Teacher Workshops
What do cutting-edge research into future space travel and the investigation of ancient ceramic pots have in common? More than you’d think.
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Tags: clay, collaboration, conservation science, GCI, Greek art, microscopy, pottery, spectroscopy, vase-painting
Works of art offer a tantalizing window onto the world of ancient Greek theater, providing rich clues to the stories, music, costumes, masks, and actors of ancient tragedies, satyr plays, and comedies. I hope you’ll enjoy this talk, which complements the exhibition The Art of Ancient Greek Theater. In the full talk, I discuss the [...]
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Tags: ancient Greece, Art of Ancient Greek Theater, audio, Greek art, lectures, vase-painting
Leading Spotlight Talks was one of my many tasks as a Multicultural Undergraduate Intern in the Education Department at the Getty Villa this summer. These talks are interactive discussions between an educator and visitors about one object at the Museum. Every month, a different artwork is highlighted, and during the month of August, the monumental [...]
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Tags: gallery programs, gallery tours, Gela Krater, Greek art, interns, Multicultural Undergraduate Intern Program, Spotlight Talks, vase-painting
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