When Cassas visited Palmyra in 1785, and Vignes nearly 80 years later, they experienced an ancient site that still stirred emotions more than a dozen centuries after its downfall. Positioned at a ...

The bulk of the publication is devoted to the case studies presented by each participant at the Methodology for the Conservation of Polychromed Wooden Altarpieces workshop. Though still largely in the ...

A major transformation of the Getty Center has taken place with the installation of 28 modern and contemporary outdoor sculptures donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum from the collection of the late ...

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Ed Ruscha's art is characterized by graphic simplicity, playful humor, and a keen interest in the vernacular as it applies to both language and architecture. This exhibition explores his photography, ...

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Travel to Palmyra by Europeans began with the historic 1691 expedition undertaken by British merchants based in Aleppo who, upon hearing stories about this vast ruin, made the dangerous journey across ...

Challenge your students to discover how "traditional" works of art in the Getty Museum's collection have inspired and informed contemporary artists.

This splendid, luxurious room, which is in a unique state of preservation, takes up two floors. The room was the Hartman family’s reception room, with an impressive interior richly executed in Dutch ...

The lesson plan and downloadable materials on this page are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Students examine William Blake's poem "A Poison Tree" and drawing ...

Ancient Iran, historically known as Persia, was the dominant nation of western Asia for over a millennium (about 550 BC–AD 650), with three native dynasties controlling an empire of unprecedented size ...

Over the last fifty years, conservation professionals have confronted increasingly complex political, economic, and cultural dynamics. This volume, with contributions by leading international ...