Getty: Resources for Visual Art and Cultural Heritage
Getty: Resources for Visual Art and Cultural Heritage. Visit our Los Angeles museums and library, interact with art, and access free research tools.
The Renaissance Nude - Getty
Explore the Exhibition: Inspired by a renewed interest in classical sculpture and closer study of nature, Renaissance artists made the nude body ever more vibrant, lifelike, and central to their practice. Yet pious European Renaissance society was troubled by the nude and its new sensuality—a conflicted response echoed in the world today, where images of nudity have become ubiquitous.
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Visit the Getty Center in Brentwood and enjoy European art and special exhibitions set amid modern architecture and gardens.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection
Visit the Getty's two museums. Explore our Exhibitions. Learn more about the Museum. The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum comprises Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity; European art from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century; and international photography from its inception to the present day.
Claude Monet (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Feb 21, 2024 · Claude Monet was a successful caricaturist in his native Le Havre, but after studying plein-air landscape painting, he moved to Paris in 1859. He soon met future Impressionists Camille Pissarro and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir and Monet began painting outdoors together in the late 1860s, laying the foundations of Impressionism.
J. Paul Getty Museum | Getty
Art from ancient to contemporary at two Los Angeles locations. Changing exhibitions, education programs, and more.
Michelangelo: Mind of the Master - Getty
Michelangelo Buonarroti is recognized as one of the most creative and influential artists in the history of Western art. His most celebrated creations have become icons of world culture: the monumental marble David in Florence; the astonishing frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and the soaring dome of Saint Peter’s Basilica, both in Rome. Michelangelo was active mainly in Florence and Rome, two ...
Vincent van Gogh (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Feb 21, 2024 · Van Gogh became an artist in 1881. Although he studied briefly in Antwerp and Paris, he was largely self-taught. He ultimately chose to live in the country, and most of his paintings capture his deep affinity for nature. Theo, an art dealer, introduced Vincent to Paris's most advanced painters, and his work changed under the influences of Edgar ...
The Renaissance Nude - Getty
Oct 31, 2018 · The Renaissance Nude. October 30, 2018–January 27, 2019, GETTY CENTER. Exhibition Closed. "One of the 10 most engaging exhibitions of the year" —Los Angeles Times. Renaissance artists transformed the course of western art history by making the nude central to their art. Drawing inspiration from classical sculpture and the study of the live ...
Tim Walker: Wonderful Things - Getty
Wonderful Things. In 2016, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the world’s largest museum of applied and decorative arts, invited the internationally acclaimed fashion photographer Tim Walker to delve into its vast and eclectic collection. Walker selected an array of “wonderful things,” the art and design objects that served as ...