“You will be forgotten. Your image, however, will be immortal. Through it, you will travel far—not by horse and cart, or merchant ship, but through the sky…” More»
Winter, the sere season? Not in California, where the cool months are our lushest, our most verdant of all. More»
A journey through Renaissance gardens and their paradoxes: natural and artificial, sin and salvation, virtue and vice. More»
Johannes Vermeer is a beloved artist. Is he also a great one? More»
Vermeer’s newly arrived Woman in Blue Reading a Letter seems calmly at home in our galleries—but introduces a distinctive new presence. More»
It could happen to you: comic mix-ups, near-death encounters, and other tales of accursed romance from French prints at the Getty Research Institute. More»
What do you imagine the first line of this letter might say? Share your ideas, and we’ll continue the story. More»
This morning we launched Getty Voices, a new social media project on The Iris led by a different member of the Getty community every week. More»
Our new Getty Voices series kicks off with a weeklong view into one of the Getty Conservation Institute’s international field projects. More»
Why the manuscript illuminations in Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance really rock. More»
Medieval methods of entertainment included sad dances and alienation parties.
Tights are not pants, circa 1400something.