Tweeting from the Getty Villa…and Cooing, Hooting, and Squawking
There are birds in the gardens and the galleries.
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Tag: animals
Are India’s Elephants Blessed Creatures or Indentured Servants?
Photographer Annette Bonnier captures the world surrounding the lives of Asian elephants in Indian society.
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Dogs at the Medieval Banquet
Who let the dogs in?
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A Brief History of Animals in Photography
Animals as photographic subject.
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In This Unusual Exhibition, Sculpture Is Best Viewed by Car
Art best viewed from behind the wheel? In Century City, cast bronzes of SoCal fauna create an outdoor, drive-by art gallery. A tour.
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A Young Buck on a November Morning
Tahnee Cracchiola photographs a young buck on the grounds of the Getty Villa.
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Christmas Adventures, from Silver Screen to Gilded Page
What do Hollywood movies and medieval manuscripts have in common?
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Dogs Behaving Badly
Bad dog! Jumping, barking, pulling, hogging, guarding, as captured in art.
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The Manuscript Files: An Impish Ape in a Medieval Zoo
One of my favorite acquisitions of the past five years in the Getty’s manuscript collection is the Northumberland Bestiary (Ms. 100), featured currently in... Read More
Anatomy of a Horse Painting
In George Stubbs’s Brood Mares and Foals, which arrived at the Museum in October as a temporary anonymous loan, horses are sympathetically portrayed within... Read More