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Gilding the Dollar Store Dolls
To prepare for an upcoming exhibition, Getty staff recreated a gilded medieval altarpiece, featuring half a dozen dolls from the dollar store and lots of gold leaf
Faces of the Mexican Revolution
Images of several known and unknown faces of Mexico’s revolutionary leaders; pulled from the Getty Research Institute's archives
The Revolutionary Compound Microscope
What can you see through an 18th-century lens?
When a Piece of Marble Becomes a Lively Portrait
In this 15th-century sculpture, tiny details bring a young boy to life
The Androids of the 16th Century
Uncovering the history of robotics through art
A Warrior King Returns
Behind the scenes of Memnon at the Getty Villa
Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)
How a postwar group of artists and engineers tried to invent the future
Peek into a 17th-Century Drawing Lesson
What the artist is teaching his students...and us
See Persepolis as It Was 2500 Years Ago
A new video recreates an ancient site
Rembrandt’s Mistakes, and Other Do-Overs in Drawing
Cover-ups, crop-outs, and other sneaky tricks artists used to make the most out of their mistakes
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