| The Getty Center is a large campus with walkable green spaces softening the gleaming white of the buildings and paving. In a dry April it looks rather harsh. | |
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plaza leading to the museum | |
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Decorative Arts
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Heraldic Panel with the Arms of the Eberler Family | |
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Ecce Homo Altarpiece (1544) |
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Viewing rooms for paintings are light and airy, though some areas are starting to fill up. We've never seen paintings hung so high before. | |
Dutch Masters
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| Each flower was painted in season. | |
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| Not very far from Hobbema is the town of Millet named after the Jean-François Millet . You'll see his stuff further below in Paintings. | |
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An Old Man in Military Costume | |
Decorative Arts
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| Multiple rooms display the peak of opulence of pattern, materials, and design in 1600-1800 Europe. | |
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| Time Witnessing the Triumph of Honor, Integrity, and Prudence over Vice | | |
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Boreas Abducting Orithyia | |
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The Astronomers | |
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Pluto Abducting Proserpine | |
| Some mighty fine woodworking and gilting for the discerning, and obscenely wealthy, consumer. | |
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Compound Microscope and Case (ca 1751) | |
Desk and Writing Stand (ca 1629-1700) | |
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Wall Clock (ca 1740) | |
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Planisphere Clock (ca 1745-49) | |
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French bone china | |
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Augustin Pajou
Minerva |
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Los Angeles View Looking Southward
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Secrétaire | |
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Paintings
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Théodore Rousseau
Forest of Fontainebleu, Cluster of Tall Trees Overlooking the Plain of Clair-Bois at the Edge of Bas-Bréau | |
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| Some of these works are very large, to match the ego of the subject. Mssr. de Reux featured on the left inherited a large sum of money and commissioned this pastel of himself, the largest existing in the world. | |
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tram approaching | |
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| Our late start, leisurely lunch, and aimless wandering through the galleries didn't leave us any time to explore the lower gardens, which were pretty lifeless this time of year anyway. | |
Parking-Level Garden
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| Quite the art extravaganza! Down at the parking level there's one final bit of sculpture mixed into a flat grassy area with tables for having a picnic lunch. | |
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