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Guide to the Getty Villa Revised Edition
ISBN: PB: 9781606065471, Getty Publications, May 2018
132 pp., 24.4x14.1 cm, 165 colour illus., 20 black&white illus., 3 maps
It begins with the history of the site, recounting how, as J. Paul Getty's art collection grew, he chose to house it in a replica of the ancient Roman villa at Herculaneum now known as the Villa dei Papiri. The second chapter chronicles the destructi...
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£11,99
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Giovanni Bellini Landscape of Faith in Renaissance Venice
ISBN: HB: 9781606065310, Getty Publications, October 2017
128 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
Praised by Albrecht Du rer as being "the best in painting", Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1430-1516) is unquestionably the supreme Venetian painter of the quattrocento and one of the greatest Italian artists of all time. His landscapes assume a prominence un...
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Golden Kingdoms Luxury Arts in the Ancient Americas
ISBN: HB: 9781606065488, Getty Publications, September 2017
320 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
This volume accompanies a major international loan exhibition featuring some three hundred works of art rarely or never before seen in the United States. It traces the development of gold working and other luxury arts in the Americas from antiquity u...
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£50,00
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Gustave Caillebotte Painting the Paris of Naturalism, 1872-1887
ISBN: HB: 9781606065075, Getty Publications, January 2016
416 pp., 25x15 cm
Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), the son of a wealthy businessman, is perhaps best known as the painter who organized and funded several of the groundbreaking exhibitions of the Impressionist painters, collected their works, and ensured the Impressio...
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Greek Vase Art of the Storyteller
ISBN: HB: 9781606061473, Getty Publications, November 2013
114 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
This richly illustrated volume offers a fascinating introduction to ancient Greek vases for the general reader. It presents vases not merely as beautiful vessels to hold water and wine, but also as instruments of storytelling and bearers of meaning....
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Gardens of the Renaissance
ISBN: HB: 9781606061435, Getty Publications, May 2013
100 pp., 22.4x17.2 cm, 64 colour illus.
This is a fascinating volume that uses illustrated manuscripts to gain a unique insight into the gardens of the Renaissance. Whether part of a grand villa or an extension of a common kitchen, gardens in the Renaissance were planted and treasured in a...
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£14,99
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Goldfish
ISBN: HB: 9781606060940, Getty Publications, December 2011
32 pp., 30.5x19.8 cm, colour illus.
This is a charming tale about the creation of a very unusual chandelier... Here is a different kind of adventure story; "The Goldfish in the Chandelier" takes place just outside of Paris in the early 1800s. Uncle Henri is stuck. He has been commissio...
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£13,99
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Gerhard Richter Early Work, 1951-1972
ISBN: HB: 9781606060407, Getty Publications, February 2011
176 pp., 26.1x19.7 cm, 14 colour illus., 67 black&white illus.
This title takes an illuminating look at the unique work and artistic vision of Gerhard Richter. Born in Dresden in 1932, Gerhard Richter was first educated under the prevailing doctrine of Socialist Realism, but retrained after emigrating to West Ge...
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Gardens and Plants of the Getty Villa
ISBN: PB: 9781606060490, Getty Publications, January 2011
160 pp., 22.6x14.3 cm, 225 colour illus., 75 black&white photos
This title provides a lavishly illustrated exploration of the stunning gardens at the Getty Villa This sumptuously illustrated volume provides an illuminating and in-depth exploration of stunning gardens at the Getty Villa. The first part of the book...
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Getty Murua Essays on the Making of the "Historia General del Piru", J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. Ludwig XIII 16
ISBN: PB: 9780892368945, Getty Publications, September 2008
187 pp., 33.3x24.4 cm, colour and black&white illus.
Here is a set of essays on Historia general del Piru that discuss not only the manuscript's physical components – quires and watermarks, scripts and pigments – but also its relation to other Andean manuscripts, Inca textiles, European portraits, and...
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