Museum Home Past Exhibitions Carmontelle's Transparency: An 18th-Century Motion Picture

March 14–June 18, 2006 at the Getty Center

ExhibitionEvents


Curator's Gallery Talks

Christine Giviskos, assistant curator of drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall. Free. No reservations required.

Tuesdays, April 18 & May 2, 2:30 p.m.
Museum Galleries, Getty Center


Gallery Course

Human Nature: Courbet, Adams, and the Mystery of Modern Landscape
Join Museum educators Mary Beth Carosello and Jeremy Glatstein in this two-part gallery course exploring the mystery behind landscapes and landscape art throughout the ages. Participants visit three exhibitions: Courbet and the Modern Landscape, Robert Adams: Landscapes of Harmony and Dissonance, and Carmontelle's Transparency: An 18th-Century Motion Picture. Course fee $20. Open to 50 participants. Tickets are available on-site or by phone, (310) 440-7300.

Sundays, March 12 & 19, 1:00–3:30 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center


Figures Walking in a Parkland (detail) / Carmontelle
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