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J. Paul Getty Museum: Medieval Treasures
"Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art" is an on-line exhibit with images and detailed descriptions of pieces on view in the like named exhibition in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Covering four periods of the medieval age this...
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Reflecting Antiquity
"Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Rome" is an on-line exhibit corresponding to an exhibit on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, dealing with the beautifully intricate utilitarian glasswork of the ancient Romans.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Jacques Louis David: Empire to Exile
The companion website of a major survey of the work of Jacques-Louis David exhibited at the J. Paul Getty Museum in February 2005. The exhibition focuses on the artist's career after the French Revolution, from the mid-1790s until his...
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Khan Academy: An Introduction to Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum
Mr. Getty began acquiring European furniture in the 1930s and soon became an avid collector of European Decorative Arts. Today the J. Paul Getty Museum has an extensive collection primarily from the 17th and 18th centuries. Some of the...
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J. Paul Getty Museum: The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology
Website for the 2007 exhibit The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology at the Getty Museum. Describes how the discovery of three marble statues in Italy in the 1700s led to centuries of archaeological exploration in the area....
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Courbet and the Modern Landscape
The Getty's multimedia-rich exploration of the life and career of French realist Gustave Courbet, whose innovative approach to landscape painting inspired many artists who came after him, including Monet, Cezanne, and Pissarro. Along...
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This world-class American museum exhibits a vast collection of international art. View online exhibitions and explore museum education resources.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Explore Art
One way to make sense of the full scope of art history is to examine the collections of a world-class museum like the Getty. At the Explore Art site, the Getty makes it easy to peruse artwork across the centuries and across all media....
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Holy Image, Sacred Ground: Icons From Sinai
A stunning exhibition, organized by the Getty in 2006, looks at the world's largest collection of Byzantine icons, from the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, located in the desert, near Mount Sinai, in Egypt. With many media-rich tools...
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Photographs
The curator of photographs at the Getty Museum helps to explain the fine art component behind photography giving it the validity it deserves.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminating the Renaissance
Through four different "looking closer" tools you can get an in-depth discovery of a well-known manuscript from the Renaissance.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Leonardo Da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture
This collection focuses on Leonardo's sculpture, which, because none of his sculptural works have either survived or were executed, are realized through preparatory drawings and the three-dimensional works of related artists....
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Rubens and Brueghel
An exhibition, organized by the Getty in 2006, that looks at the work of two seventeenth-century giants of Flemish art, Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder. Using a number of technical tools available to the museum's...
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa
View a selection of mosaics from the national museums of Tunisia of Roman mosaics.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Peter Paul Rubens
This museum site offers a short biography of Peter Paul Rubens.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Jacques Louis David
Brief description of the Jacques-Louis David's life and artistic influences, with links to more information on six of David's works in the Getty's collection. Discusses the classical influences seen in the artist's work and his role in...
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Explore Art: Claude Monet
A biography from the Getty 's Explore Art site. The site also includes four images of paintings by Monet from the Getty's collection, with information about technique, setting, and other details.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Eat, Drink, & Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance [Pdf]
A booklet that accompanied a museum art exhibit on Medieval and Renaissance food. The exhibit looked at how food was portrayed in manuscript art from those times.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture
Slideshow of important pieces by the renowned Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Includes photos of sculptures and drawings and brief explanations of each piece.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils
Compare and contrast drawings by Rembrandt with those of his students to learn about his characteristic visual traits, especially his approach to line and his use of light and shadow to create the illusion of three dimensions.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Glassmaking in Antiquity
A wonderful illustrated article that describes various glass forms created over the years, from ancient times through the eleventh century A.D. Intriguing videos on ancient glassmaking techniques accompany the article, making this an...
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Colors of Clay in Athenian Vases
An examination of unique ceramics made by the ancient Greeks. Be sure to watch the video of how an ancient Athenian cup is made.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Oudry's Painted Menagerie
Beautiful images of exotic animals painted by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. See and listen to details about the 18th century paintings.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: After the Bath, Degas
An image and commentary on Degas' "After the Bath." Addresses the tendency of Degas to depict women in unflattering positions or while doing mundane tasks. Good commentary.