What Do Paleographers Do?
It’s nothing to do with fossils—paleographers are specialists in old handwriting.
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Sicily, The International Island
Medieval Sicily was a hotbed of political turmoil and artistic innovation.
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Thrust, Parry, Download!
Fight like it’s 1410 with this zesty combat manuscript, free to download via the new Open Content Program.
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Getty Voices: The Getty Graffiti Black Book
A cross-century, cross-community collaboration between L.A. graffiti and tattoo artists.
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A Field Guide to Renaissance Gardens
In the Renaissance as now, gardens came in many forms and carried many associations. A visual tour.
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Peru Field Notebook: An Update from Kuño Tambo
A field team from the Conservation Institute reaches a milestone in preserving earthen buildings from earthquakes.
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Connecting the Art Historical Dots
A Getty Foundation initiative is expanding the frontiers of art history by bringing scholars together from around the globe.
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Is That Available as an e-Book? Scrolling through an Ancient Text
An ancient depiction of a classroom and the mysterious marked letters on a scroll; but what do these letters mean?
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Do Androids Dream of Electric L.A.?
As some parts of the world approach the dystopian, cyberpunk 2019 Los Angeles depicted in Blade Runner, the film’s relation to architecture and environment is worth another look.
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Subterranean L.A.: The Urban Oil Fields
Since the 1890s, oil wells have tapped L.A.'s underground resource.
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Harald Szeemann, From Vision to Nail
A five-person team at the Research Institute has finished cataloging Harald Szeemann’s monumental Project Files.
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Life Before eBay: British Art Auctions at the End of the 18th Century
A major new project traces the rise of the British art market in the late 1700s.
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