Getty Villa

Orpheus Goes to the Movies

Two cinematic retellings of the Orpheus myth are both controversial and compelling.

Noel Murray | September 25, 2014

Aeschylus’s Persian Queen: An Actor’s Craft

Bringing alive an ancient queen.

Shelby Brown | August 26, 2014

5 Tips for Making the Most of an Arts Internship

Road-tested advice for launching your career in an arts organization.

Gabriela Hernandez and Corinne Miller | August 22, 2014

A Guide to Aeschylus’s “Persians”

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

Shelby Brown | August 13, 2014

Acrobatic Feats of the Ancient Wine Party

Wine makes a man do strange things.

Chelsea Chenelle | August 11, 2014

Power through Prayer

Can a small gold pendant ward off dark forces?

Tiffany Payne Malkin | August 6, 2014

3D Scanning Meets Ancient Art

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

Sarah Waldorf | July 31, 2014

Byzantine Los Angeles

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

Sarah Quaresma | July 30, 2014

Searching for Murmurs of History

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.

Elana Mann | July 21, 2014