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Conservation Tools: The GC/MS Instrument

Christine Lee | August 19, 2014

This scientific tool helps conservators understand artwork from the tiniest of samples.

A Guide to Aeschylus’s “Persians”

Shelby Brown | August 13, 2014

A theater-goer's guide to the western world's oldest play.

3D Scanning Meets Ancient Art

Sarah Waldorf | July 31, 2014

Ancient art is the subject of a 3D scanning pilot at the Getty Museum.

Byzantine Los Angeles

Sarah Quaresma | July 30, 2014

A visit to the heart of L.A.’s Greek Orthodox community.

Three Drawings from the Dutch Golden Age

Lee Hendrix | July 24, 2014

Three Dutch drawings join the collection.

Art Historical Books Bound for Brazil

Richenda Brim | July 24, 2014

179 boxes of books and journals are headed from Los Angeles to the Universidade Federal de Saõ Paolo.

Planning for Utopia

Deborah Aschheim | July 22, 2014

The darker side of postwar suburban order.

Searching for Murmurs of History

Elana Mann | July 21, 2014

Frank Alvord Perret was a pioneering volcanologist who invented unique devices to measure geologic properties. One of these was a “geophone” that detected subterranean noises by amplifying the rumblings below the surface of the earth.

The photo below shows Perret listening to the whispers of volcanic activity in Campi Flegrei, a volcano located near Mount Vesuvius, which erupted and buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. 79. The archaeological site of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum served as the architectural inspiration for the Getty Villa.