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June 4, 2011, The Getty Villa Clip 3: A Fermented Cacao Beverage from Central America In three highlight clips from this public lecture, Patrick McGovern, scientific director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia, explains the biomolecular archaeological approach behind the discovery of some of the oldest alcoholic beverages […]

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Watch the play of light across the facade of the Rouen Cathedral as captured by Claude Monet in 1892-94. The scene is set with an early architectural photograph of the church created by brothers Louis-Auguste and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (or Bisson Frères) in about 1854-64. Love Art? Hit Subscribe! (https://www.youtube.com/user/gettymuseum?sub_confirmation=1) source

Edward Rose and Nick Reynolds respond to Franz Xaver Messerschmidt so-called “character heads.” Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, an eighteenth-century German sculptor active in Austria, is best known for his series of dramatic “character heads.” The metal and stone busts are often disturbing in their extreme expressions. They have long prompted critics and scholars to speculate that […]

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Explore examples of visual poetry (poems that are designed to be seen) through the works of American poet Douglas Kearney, American artist Carrie Mae Weems, and Japanese surrealist Kansuke Yamamoto. Discover ideas for creating your own visual poems inspired by these artists. Learn more about the artist Kansuke Yamamoto: http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/japans_moderndivide/yamamoto.html Subscribe to the Getty Museum […]

Canaletto’s “The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola,” painted around 1738, puts you on a gondola in the middle of the Grand Canal, surrounded by the bustle of noblemen, merchants, and gondoliers going about their daily business. Learn how accurately Canaletto depicted Venice and compare the 18th-century city to the […]

September 22, 2011, The Getty Center Illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages are significant for the literary texts they preserve. But they are also important, historically and culturally, for their illustrations of the life of Christ. These artistic representations tell tales of their own, and the visual stories are not always found in the corresponding […]

Artist Sam Durant asks museum visitors and staff to explore the roles and functions of a museum in his 2013 Getty Artists Program project, “What #isamuseum?” Through a series of questions placed in unexpected locations throughout the Getty Center, a dedicated website, and social media, Durant invites reflection on and a response to expectations and […]

The “golden hour” is the first and last hour of sunlight during the day when the quality of the light can be magical. Watch the sunrise and sunset at the Getty Villa in this short time-lapse video. Love Art? Hit Subscribe! (https://www.youtube.com/user/gettymuseum?sub_confirmation=1) source