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December 2005 |
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Current Exhibitions
Future Exhibitions
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Cunning fake or priceless treasure? This new exhibition takes you behind the scenes to see how curators, conservators, and scientists unraveled the mystery of this spectacular cabinet, one of the rarest and most important pieces of French Renaissance furniture in the United States.
Hands-on activities let you try your hand at reading tree rings, using woodworking tools, and examining the tiniest of textile fibers.
Learn more about this exhibition.
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 Painted Prayers: Books of Hours from the Morgan Library (through Jan. 8, 2006)
A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII (through Jan. 8, 2006)
Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis (through Jan. 22, 2006)
Scene of the Crime: Photo by Weegee (through Jan. 22, 2006)
Pictures for the Press (through Jan. 22, 2006)
Titian and the Commander: A Renaissance Artist and His Patron (through Feb. 5, 2006)
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Reservations and Information:
(310) 440-7300
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Renaissance illuminator Jean Bourdichon turned pigment and parchment into stunning, vibrant images, such as those now on view in the manuscripts exhibition A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII.
Learn about Bourdichon's craft from Nancy Turner, associate conservator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, whose professional sleuthing has helped to uncover the long-lost techniques of the great illuminators.
Free; reservations required.
Learn more and make reservations.
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Louis XII of France Kneeling in Prayer, Accompanied by Saints Michael, Charlemagne, Louis, and Denis (detail), Jean Bourdichon, 1498/99
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Mobil Gas Station, Anaheim, CA
, Julius Shulman, 1956
© J. Paul Getty Trust. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library, Getty Research Institute
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Tour the streets of our fair city with irreverant architecture historian Reyner Banham in his rarely seen 1972 documentary Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (52 min.), which explores L.A.'s development into a major metropolitan city at the end of the midcentury Modern movement.
Afterward, join in the discussion as L.A. film and architecture historians Edward Dimendberg and Amy Murphy discuss Banham and the L.A. urban landscape in the visual media.
Complements the exhibition Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis.
Free; reservations required.
Learn more and make reservations.
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When is a photograph news and when is it art? Why are some photos forgotten, while others become icons of a generation?
Get a variety of perspectives at this panel discussion featuring cutting-edge photojournalists and page-one decision makers. Moderated by Michael Parks, director of USC's School of Journalism.
Complements Pictures for the Press and Scene of the Crime: Photo by Weegee.
Free; reservations required.
Learn more and make reservations.
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Iraq Resistance, Molly Bingham, 2003
Photograph © Molly Bingham/WorldPictureNews
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Give a lavishly illustrated Getty book for the holidays—to yourself or a fellow art lover.
Receive 10% off online orders of these books through December 31 by entering code 1130457465 at checkout. Order by December 10 for holiday delivery within the United States.
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