CONTINUING THIS MONTH
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Description of the Land of Cockaigne, Where Whoever Works the Least Earns the Most (detail), Remondini family, 1606. The Getty Research Institute, 2014.PR.72
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The Edible Monument: The Art of Food for Festivals
Through March 13, 2016 | The Getty Center
EVENTS
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Triumphs of Cybele and Juno (detail), Arnold van Westerhout, after Giovanni Battista Lenardi, 1687. The Getty Research Institute, 83-B3076
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Royal Cavities: The Bitter Implications of Sugar Consumption in Early Modern Europe
Lecture | February 21, 2016 | 4:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
In early modern Europe, the rare and expensive nature of sugar elevated its status among the wealthy. Along with this rise in popularity came a considerable increase in tooth disease and decay. In this Art of Food Lecture Series event, University of Siegen art history professor Joseph Imorde discusses the cultural history of the "conspicuous consumption" of sugar.
Reserve a free ticket and learn about the other events in the Art of Food Lecture Series.
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The Lacemaker, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1669. Study Photographs of Dutch Paintings and Drawings. The Getty Research Institute, 76.P.60
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Photo Archives V: The Paradigm of Objectivity
Symposium | February 2526, 2016 | 10:00 a.m.5:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
Photographic documentation of art has long been considered a neutral methodology for art-historical and related research. Despite their high fidelity, digital images complicate this perceived neutrality due to the possibility of alteration and manipulation. This two-day symposium, held jointly at the Getty Center and The Huntington, explores the relationship between photographic reproduction, archival practices, and objectivity.
Reserve a free ticket for
day one of this symposium at the Getty and
day two at The Huntington. Separate reservations are required for each day.
PUBLICATION
Mapplethorpe: The Archive
Frances Terpak and Michelle Brunnick
Celebrated and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe shaped the cultural landscape of the 1970s and 1980s with provocative content and mastery of his medium. Throughout his entire career Mapplethorpe meticulously preserved files, from his student work to commercial commissions, resulting in an immense archive.
Robert Mapplethorpe: The Archive surveys the material within this archiveheld at the Getty Research Instituteand includes essays from Patti Smith and Jonathan Weinberg.
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NEW FOR RESEARCHERS
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Entrata princiaple a Persepolis (detail), Luigi Pesce, 1860. The Getty Research Institute, 2012.R.18
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Album fotografico della Persia, 1860
Finding Aid
Some of the first photographs taken of sites across Persiaincluding structures in Tehran and Persepolis that either no longer exist or have been heavily alteredare found in Luigi Pesce's
Album fotografico della Persia (1860). Pesce, an amateur photographer and lieutenant colonel in Napoleon's army, created the album using images he had originally presented to the King of Persia, Nasir al-Din Shah.
Browse the finding aid.
View the digitized copy of Album fotografico della Persia.
VIDEO
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Getty curators Christine Sciacca and Marcia Reed at the Getty Center in 2015.
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Edible Delights in History
Video of November 14, 2015, Panel Discussion
To explore the making and meaning of feasts in medieval and early modern Europe, Nancy Zaslavsky of the Culinary Historians of Southern California led a panel discussion with GRI chief curator, Marcia Reed, the Getty Museum's assistant curator of manuscripts, Christine Sciacca, and culinary historian Anne Willan. Held in conjunction with the GRI's exhibition
The Edible Monument and the Getty Museum's
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, this panel examined the objects on display in both exhibitions.
Watch the video.
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