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Geometry at The Getty Museum

Geometry at The Getty Museum. Photos courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum www.getty.edu. HISTORY.

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Geometry at The Getty Museum

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  1. Geometry at The Getty Museum Photos courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum www.getty.edu

  2. HISTORY J. Paul Getty viewed art as a civilizing influence in society, and strongly believed in making art available to the public for its education and enjoyment. He founded the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1953.

  3. http://www.getty.edu/visit/places/architecture.html • Click above for videos about The Getty • Scroll down to: • Building the Getty (2:12) • Architect Richard Meier (2:37)

  4. The Getty Center, a dramatic hill-top campus in Los Angeles, opened in 1997. Architect Richard Meier sought to design the complex so that it highlights both nature and culture.

  5. Geometry in Architecture

  6. Entrance

  7. Main Lobby

  8. Pool and fountain Pool and Fountain

  9. Circular Pool and Fountain.

  10. Circular Buildings.

  11. View down to the garden.

  12. Paintings

  13. Wheatstacks

  14. Saint Andrew. 1426 Tempera and gold leaf on panel.

  15. An Allegory of Passion The panel's patron was probably a scholar and a humanist Swiss, 1530Oil on panel The painting has a rich history of ownership. On the back of the panel is the monogram HP, which stands for Henry, Prince of Wales, the older brother of Charles I and one of the first serious art collectors in England.

  16. Madonna, St Thomas Aquinas, & St. Paul This set of three panels was probably intended for a small chapel. Italian, about 1330

  17. FrenchTapestries

  18. Aurora and Cephalus. Wool and silk. French narrative panel. 1776-1777

  19. The Offering of Baccus Woven after a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699). (Wool and silk?)

  20. Portiere with the Arms of France Woven after a design by Pierre-Josse Perrot (active 1724-50). Wool and silk.

  21. Clocks

  22. Paris. 1710

  23. Paris. 1740. Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration. Gilt-bronze mounts. Enameled metal. Glass. Clock made at the Chantilly Porcelain manufactury.

  24. Paris. 1764.

  25. Furnishings

  26. Italian, Venice, about 1730 - 1740Carved, gessoed, and gilt walnut; upholstered in modern Genoese velvet

  27. Pair of Coffers on Stands H: 5 ft. 1 5/8 in. x W: 5 ft. 1 1/2 in. French, Paris, about 1680 - 1685Intended to hold jewels or small precious items, the interiors of this pair of coffers are lined with tortoiseshell and brass or pewter, with secret compartments in the base.

  28. Commode(Literally meaning "convenient" in French.) H: 2 ft. 9 3/4 in.; W: 4 ft. 3 3/4 in.; D: 1 ft. 11 in. French, Paris, about 1710 - 1715The swelled concave and convex form is fairly typical for the early 1700s.

  29. The Getty Museum A Legacy for Generations To Come.

  30. You can visit the Getty Center at its dramatic hilltop site in the Santa Monica Mountains, just off the San Diego Freeway. Admission to the museum is free to the public on weekends, and weekdays after 4 P.M. Parking is $5 cash per car, with unlimited people in the car. Closed on Mondays and major holidays.

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