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While Homer describes Aphrodite as the daughter of the deities Zeus and Dione, Hesiod tells of her marine birth from the severed genitals of the primordial god Ouranos. The oil jar at right elegantly ...

In 2018, a select group of scientists and conservators experienced with the microfading tester met to discuss the current state of the technique and to propose how its practice might be expanded in ...

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The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of outstanding ...

Challenge your students to discover how "traditional" works of art in the Getty Museum's collection have inspired and informed contemporary artists.

The Archaeology of Colonialism demonstrates how artifacts are not only the residue of social interaction but also instrumental in shaping identities and communities. Claire Lyons and John Papadopoulos ...

Jean Bourdichon was the court painter to four successive French kings including Louis XII and his predecessor, Charles VIII. Bourdichon painted the Hours of Louis XII for the king of France around the ...

Walker Evans is widely recognized as one of the greatest American photographers of the twentieth century, and the J. Paul Getty Museum owns one of the most comprehensive collections of his work, ...

Poster promoting the Tenth Anniversary Benefit for The Kitchen, Robert Longo, 1981. The Kitchen Archive, ca. 1971–1999. The Getty Research Institute, 2014.M.6 The archive of New York City's leading ...

In this volume, Anne Lacoste offers an ample overview of Beato’s career, tracing his development as a photographer and situating his work within the historical context of late-nineteenth-century Asia; ...

Ancient Iran, historically known as Persia, was the dominant nation of western Asia for over twelve centuries, with three successive native dynasties—the Achaemenid, the Parthian, and the ...