Admission to the Getty Center is FREE. No tickets or reservations are required for general admission. For visitor information, see information on planning a visit or call (310) 440-7300. All events are free, unless otherwise noted. Reservations are required for performances, lectures, seminars, and courses.
Swashbuckling Days and Daring Knights
Step back in time to the days of knights in shining armor with these classic movie matinees! Witness chivalrous heroes, fair maids, and dastardly villains storm castles, romance one another, and joust upon horseback! Geared toward kids and families, this film series complements the exhibition. Free; a separate reservation is required for each film.
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Camelot (1967)
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
Ivanhoe (1952)
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Saturday, January 23, 2010, 1:00 p.m.
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Sunday, January 24, 2010, 1:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Master Class: Gold Gilding
Medieval and Renaissance artists embellished manuscripts with shimmering leaves of hammered gold and fine, gold pigment. Join artist Sylvana Barrett for this daylong master class and explore historic techniques of raised, burnished, and water gilding as well as flat, matte, and embellished techniques drawn from historic treatises. Course fee $145, materials provided. Open to 20 participants.
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Studios
Master Class: Manuscript Illumination
Manuscript illumination was practiced and refined by artists from the early medieval period into the high Renaissance and beyond. Join artist Sylvana Barrett in this daylong master class and explore the delicate art of illumination and miniature painting utilizing dry ground pigments, historic binders, and handmade parchment. Course fee $145, materials provided. Open to 20 participants.
Sunday, January 16, 2010, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Studios
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Courtesy Warner Bros./Photofest
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Curator's Gallery Talks
Maite Alvarez, project specialist in the Education Department, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads gallery talks on the exhibition. Free; no reservations required. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
Thursdays, December 3, 2009, January 7 and 21, and February 11, 2010, 2:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries
Kristen Collins, associate curator of manuscripts, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads gallery talks on the exhibition. Free; no reservations required. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
Wednesdays, January 6 and 14, 2010, 2:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries
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Past Exhibitions
