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 …
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Visit the Getty Center in Brentwood and enjoy European art and special exhibitions set amid modern architecture and gardens.
J. Paul Getty Museum | Getty
Art from ancient to contemporary at two Los Angeles locations. Changing exhibitions, education programs, and more.
Getty: Resources for Visual Art and Cultural Heritage
Visit our Los Angeles museums and library, interact with art, and access free research tools.
Visit the Getty Villa Museum
Visit the Getty Villa Museum in Pacific Palisades to enjoy Greek and Roman art housed in a re-created Roman seaside home.
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 …
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Visitors' Frequently Asked Questions | Getty Center
Answers to FAQs about visiting the Getty Center.
Paintings | The J. Paul Getty Museum
ABOUT THE COLLECTION. The Paintings collection encompasses over 400 notable European paintings produced before 1900. While its parameters reflect J. Paul Getty’s own interests, in the decades following his death in 1976 the collection expanded considerably beyond his predilection for Italian Renaissance and seventeenth–century Dutch and Flemish painting to include major …
Understanding Formal Analysis - Getty
Horizontal lines suggest a feeling of rest or repose because objects parallel to the earth are at rest. In this landscape, horizontal lines also help give a sense of space. The lines delineate sections of the landscape, which recede into space.