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Getty Center closed.
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March 17, 2008 |
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Etruscan Pithos Spotlight Talk
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through March 31, 2008
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 Lidded Storage Jar with the Blinding of Polyphemos from 650–625 B.C. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Store beginning at 1:15 p.m.
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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 tour offers an overview of the Getty Villa, focusing on its architecture and educational mission. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Store.
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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 Store.
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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: Omens and Symbols in Ancient Art
Monday March 17, 2008
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
In this one-hour tour, learn how omens and symbols developed as attempts to control unexplained phenomena and superstitious beliefs in antiquity. Discover how artists incorporated certain animals and designs to symbolize omens or to offer protection. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Store 15 minutes before the talk.
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The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present
Daily through June 23, 2008
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
Focusing on representations of the human figure, this exhibition explores the role of color in sculpture and its place in Western taste. Ancient, medieval, and early Renaissance statues were regularly painted, but Neoclassical collecting interests and aesthetic concerns have privileged monochrome marble and bronze. Following recent research on ancient pigments, The Color of Life includes a variety of masterpieces that reveal the lifelike qualities of polychrome statues fashioned over the course of four millennia.
 Learn more about this exhibition
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