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December 6, 2007 |
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Performances and Films |
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Early 18th-Century Music Making in the Amsterdam Canal Houses—New Dutch Academy Chamber Soloists Ensemble
Thursday December 6, 2007
7 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
This performance by the Chamber Soloists Ensemble of the New Dutch Academy is a public extension of an invitational conference on the work of Bernard Picart, co-sponsored by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) and UCLA. The concert provides a picture of the repertoire and nature of music making in the Netherlands in the early 18th century. Presented by the GRI and the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Courses and Demonstrations |
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Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Manuscript Illumination
Thursdays through January 17, 2008
1 pm - 3 pm
Museum Studios, Getty Center
Artist Sylvana Barrett demonstrates the art of manuscript illumination using traditional materials and techniques from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Complements the exhibitions Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art and The Decorated Letter.
1:00–2:00 p.m., Gilding; 2:00–3:00 p.m., Painting
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Exhibition Tour: Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art
Daily through January 20, 2008
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
A special one-hour exhibition overview of Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Architecture Tour
Tuesdays - Thursdays and Sundays through June 29, 2008
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
Getty Center architecture tours are offered daily by docents. Tours last 30–45 minutes. Meet outside in front of the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Daily through June 29, 2008
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Offered in English and Spanish on weekends. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Garden Tour
Daily through June 29, 2008
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Central Garden, Getty Center
Garden Tours are offered daily by docents. They focus on the Central Garden and landscaping of the Getty Center site. Tours last 45–60 minutes. Meet in front of the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art Exhibition Tour
Daily through January 20, 2008
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
A special one-hour exhibition overview of Medieval Treaures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Thursday December 6, 2007
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Julian Brooks, associate curator of drawings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro: Artist-Brothers in Renaissance Rome. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily through December 9, 2007
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Tapestry: Icon of the Virgin and Child by unknown artist. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Exhibitions |
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Classical Connections: The Enduring Influence of Greek and Roman Art
Daily through December 31, 2009
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This installation of antiquities demonstrates the relationship of ancient art to later work, showing some of the themes, techniques, and motifs borrowed by later artists—from mythology to decorative design—and the approach to the human figure known today as the classical ideal. This permanent collection installation is on view in the North Pavilion.
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Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro: Artist-Brothers in Renaissance Rome
Daily through January 6, 2008
West Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
One of the first illustrated "starving artist" tales, a series of 20 drawings by the late-Renaissance painter and theorist Federico Zuccaro (Italian, c.1541-1609) shows the early life of his famous brother Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, 1529-1566). The series documents in a charming fashion Taddeo's troubled search for an apprenticeship and his dedication to learning to draw. This major exhibition comprises around 85 objects—principally drawings—and includes loans from a number of European and U.S. collections. It celebrates the Early Life of Taddeo series and also illuminates Taddeo's later career through some of his greatest drawings, as well as studying his working relationship with his younger brother. Further, taking up a consistent theme from the Early Life of Taddeo series, insight is gained into how young artists learned to draw in Renaissance Rome by making copies of works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Polidoro, and the antique. A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
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Please Be Seated: A Video Installation by Nicole Cohen
Daily through January 11, 2009
South Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Internationally recognized video artist Nicole Cohen (American, b. 1970) explores the intersection of historical interiors, the social behaviors they conditioned, contemporary popular culture, and fantasy. Her project for the Getty Museum focuses on the Museum's collection of French seating furniture and its original and museological contexts. Viewers are invited to engage in a participatory experience, forming personal, imaginative narratives through video projections that render the chairs virtually accessible.
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Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art
Daily through January 20, 2008
Exhibitions Pavilion, Getty Center
The Cleveland Museum of Art houses one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of early Christian, Byzantine, and European medieval art. This is the first traveling exhibition to showcase a significant number of the museum's masterpieces from this collection including objects dating from the 3rd to the 16th centuries. The exhibition includes more than 120 works of art executed in a variety of media. Paintings, sculpture, metalwork, decorative arts, textiles, and illuminated manuscripts offer a rich survey of the arts and culture of medieval Europe. Prior to the Getty, the exhibition was installed at the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, and is organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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China on Paper: European and Chinese Works from the Late Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century
Daily through February 10, 2008
Research Institute Exhibition Gallery, Getty Center
Illustrated books, prints, and maps from the special collections of the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute tell the story of mutual interest and collaborative works produced by Chinese and Europeans from the late 16th to the early 19th century. Highlights include a rare series of prints of the European Pavilions of the Yuanmingyuan, called the Garden of Perfect Clarity, designed in the mid-18th century by the Milanese architect Giuseppe Castiglione for the Qianlong emperor.
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In Focus: The Nude
Daily through February 24, 2008
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
The unclothed human figure became a camera subject shortly after the discovery of photography was announced in 1839. From that point forward, artists have been challenged to use a variety of photographic materials and processes to find new ways of picturing the nude. This exhibition, which is drawn exclusively from the Getty Museum's collection of photographs, brings together the work of over 25 innovative photographers who have left their mark on the history of the genre.
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The Decorated Letter
Daily through January 27, 2008
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
The pages of medieval manuscripts feature richly illuminated letters. Vines and luxuriant leaves twist together to create initials; humans, animals, and mythological beasts create words; and entire stories unfold within the forms of individual letters. This exhibition explores the categories of illuminated letters found in manuscripts dating from the 800s to the 1500s, shedding light on the trends that shaped medieval artistic production.
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December 6, 2007 |
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Orientation Tour
Daily through June 30, 2008
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
This 40-minute site tour offers an overview of the Getty Villa, its history, renovation, and new educational mission. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Spotlight Talk: Sarcophagus Panel with the Myth of Endymion and Selene
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through December 31, 2007
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk introduces ways of looking at ancient art through an in-depth exploration of one object in the collection. This month the featured object is the Sarcophagus Panel with the Myth of Endymion and Selene from around A.D. 210. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Auditorium 15 minutes before the talk.
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Getty Villa Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily through June 30, 2008
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
This 40-minute tour explores the architecture and gardens of the Getty Villa and their historical prototypes. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through June 30, 2008
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Offered in English and Spanish on weekends. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 1:45 p.m.
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Focus Tour: The Unexplained and Mysterious
Thursday December 6, 2007
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Join us for this one-hour tour as we take a look at some of the Museum's most mysterious pieces and discuss the unknown, from a Roman mummy to one of the oldest and most puzzling sculptures in the collection. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Auditorium 15 minutes before the talk.
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Exhibitions |
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Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome
Daily through January 14, 2008
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, archaeological excavations at sites such as Pompeii and Herculaneum resulted in the rediscovery of Roman glass. The designs and production techniques of ancient glass vessels were a revelation to modern artisans, who sought to emulate them in their own work. This exhibition includes some of the original Roman objects that inspired modern glassmakers as well as their reproductions of these ancient pieces. Reflecting Antiquity is organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and The Corning Museum of Glass.
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The Magnificent Piranesi
Daily through March 10, 2008
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) was a student of antiquity, a polemicist and theorist, a cartographer, an architect, a designer of books and decorative arts, a printmaker, and a publisher. While his prolific prints and books provide exhaustive documentation on ancient and modern Rome, they also reveal the original and visionary sides of Piranesi, who readily exaggerated features of Rome's buildings and created views of fantastic architecture, ruins, and antique compositions. Drawing on the Getty Research Institute's strong collection of Piranesi's prints and books, the exhibition presents a synthetic portrait of the extraordinary range of his activities—from the polemics on ancient and modern art to the stylish "advertising" of his wares.
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