The Genius of Lithography
The improbable story of the invention of lithography.
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What Mask Do You Wear?
What is the Mobile Arts Platform and why should you tell us what mask you wear?
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“The Everlasting Cycle of Becoming and Fading”: Thomas W. Gaehtgens on Philipp Otto Runge’s “Times of Day”
“Runge’s prints represent far more than merely the times of day. The cycle of the day represents in fact the cycle of life.”
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Philipp Otto Runge’s “Times of Day,” A Monument of German Romantic Art
This remarkable four-print series depicts the coming and departing of light, which points to the cycles of life from conception to death.
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Beware Cupid’s Arrow! French Print Reveals Dangers of Romantic Mix-Ups
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.
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Rare Chinese Battle Prints Come to the Getty Research Institute
These amazingly detailed prints depict the successful military campaign of the Qianlong Emperor against Nepalese warriors.
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Poe-Inspired Prints by Ensor Join Research Institute’s Collection
The three Ensor prints were made in the 1890s, at the peak of his creative powers.
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Buck Teeth and All: True Lies in Early Color Printing
Claiming to invent color printing, Gautier-D’Agoty was actually something of a con man.
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Explorations in Darkness and Light: Odilon Redon
My job as research assistant to Marcia Reed, chief curator at the Getty Research Institute, and Louis Marchesano, curator of prints & drawings, might... Read More
Culture for Your iPad: Wallpapers from the Getty Research Institute’s Print Collection
iPad, iPhone, and Android wallpapers drawn from prints.
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The First Modern Catalogue of an Art Collection: Q&A with Curator Louis Marchesano
In the 1700s, the seeds of a new style of presenting works of art—both on the wall and on the page—were planted by a... Read More
A Gallery Fit for a Prince and Now the Public? The Düsseldorf Gallery and the Modern Museum
Most museum galleries have certain things in common. For one, the works are spaced a restful distance apart from one another on the wall.... Read More