As with the Getty Center, admission is free, but parking is $15.
						An amphitheatre looks onto this performance space.
						Aphrodite
		Herm of Hermes Roman, AD 50-100 The head of Hermes (god of travel and commerce) is set on top of a square pillar, forming a type of statue called a herm, placed at boundaries, crossroads, and thresholds of houses.		Vessel with Leda and the Swan				The Hall of Colored Marbles emulates the kind of status-symbol rooms during the Imperial period.

Venus Roman, AD 125-200		Polyhymnia, Muse of Mime Roman, about AD 200		Hygiela Aphrodite		Terpsichore, Muse of Dance Roman, about AD 200		Clio, Muse of History Roman, about AD 200		Pluto Roman, AD 1-100

Winged Feline Tartessian (Spain), 700-575 BC Bronze		Nemesis (goddess of retribution) Roman, about AD 150		Glass		Works				Sarcophagus Panel with Medusa and Theater Masks Roman, AD 140-170
Bust of Menander Roman, AD 100-150						Herm of Dionysus		Sarcophagus with Scenes of Bacchus wall fragments Sarcophagus with a Vintage Scene Roman, AD 200-300		TimeScape has interactive displays of the periods covered by the museum. Unfortunately, too dark to photograph well.

That's the first floor exhibits done. Now we step outside into the courtyard for a walk around. There are a lot of roses and flowers and vines planted, but in January they're all trimmed back awaiting spring.

looking back at the courtyard entrance

A pseudo-panorama across the courtyard made of individual popup images

Now from the other end of the courtyard, a hand-made panorama.

And finally a view from the second floor before checking out the other exhibits.

Now on to the 2nd-floor exhibits.

Floor Mosaic with a Lion Attacking an Onager Roman, about AD 150

Mold Blown and Cast Glass										Perfume Flasks
						Core Formed Glass

Prehistoric Vessels and Figures   Fertility Goddess from Cyprus, 3000-2500 BC     Harp Player Early Cycladic, 2700-2300 BC     Pregnant Female Figure Early Cycladic, 2700-2300 BC     Folded-Arm Figures Early Cycladic, 2700-2400 BC     Jug with a Man and Dog

Cycladic Vessels The Body in Prehistoric Art Early Cypriot Pottery

Wall Fragment with a Peacock Roman, about AD 700		Funerary Relief with a Hunter Greek, 290-250 BC				Relief of a Hunter from a Funerary Monument Greek, about 325 BC
						Folding Tripod with Horses Roman, AD 250-300		Prize Vessel from the Athenian Games Greek, 150-300 BC

Jewellery and Coins

Hall of Men

Men at Work Statuette of a Lyre Player and His Companion				Prize Vessel from the Athenian Games		Wreath, Greek, Gold		Wine Cup with a Man and a Youth Kissing Greek, 510-500 BC
Bust of Commodus Roman, AD 180-185		Head of a Bearded Man Greek, 160-165 BC		Sarcophagus Panel with a Wool Merchant Roman, about AD 180 Wine Cup with a Drunk Man Vomiting Greek, from Athens, about 290 BC		Wine Cup with a Sexual Encounter Greek, from Athens, about 479 BC Wine Cup with Symposion Scenes Greek, from Athens, 450-440 BC				A Religious Shrine Warriors in Ancient Art Black Figured and Red Figured Vessels
Statuette of Mars Cohannus Gallo-Roman, AD 125-175				Sarcophagus from Clazomenaue, 480-479 BC		Forging Armor		Gravestone of Philoxenos and Philoumene Greek, from Athens, about 400 BC		Relief with Tiberius, Concordia, and a Genius Roman, AD 14-31
Torso of a Man Wearing Armor Roman, AD 83-85		Along the left side of the image above are these busts, all marble, all Roman.		Lucius Licinius Nepos AD 1-25		Emperor Augustus 25-1 BC		Emperor Caligula about AD 40		a Bearded Man AD 200-225

Hall of Women

Terracotta Offerings Sarcophagus Cover Children in Ancient Art		Coin Bank Shaped as a Beggar Girl Roman, AD 25-50				Faustina the Elder		Bust of a Woman Roman, AD 150-160		Portrait of a Mature Woman Roman, AD 68-96
Women in Greek Art / Funerary Vessels		Oil Jars with ... an Egg Offering ... Offerings ... a Woman Carrying a Basket of Offerings ... a Woman Tying a Ribbon around a Gravestone		Cosmetics Container with Animals / Statuette of a Young Woman Gravestone of a Woman with Her Attendant, Greek		Women at Work Wine Cup with a Woman Playing a Game, Greek, from Athens, about 500 BC		Cup with a Woman Playing the Pipes, Greek, from Athens   Statuette of a Dancer Greek

Funerary and Mummification

Mummy of Herakleides, Romano-Egyptian, AD 90-100
Painted Coffin Egyptian, AD 500-900 Mummy Forensics Tempera Portraits Romano-Egyptian, AD 170-250		Mummy Portrait of a Woman Romano-Egyptian, Egypt, AD 100-110		Funeral Gifts Sarcophagus Panel with the Myth of Endymion and Selene Roman, about AD 210 Grave Monument of Popillius and Calpurnia Roman, AD 1-20		Gravestone of Helena Roman, AD 150-200		Gravestone of Phanokrates Greek, about 100 BC

Herakles (Hercules)

Herakles' Deeds The Twelve Labors of Herakles

Storage Jar with Herakles Threatening the Centaur Pholos Greek, from Athens, about 530-520 BC

Hercules Roman, AD 100-200

Herakles in Action Storage Jar with Herakles Battling Kyknos Greek, 320-360 BC ---------- Storage Jar with Herakles Carrying the Erymanthean Boar Greek, from Athens, about 530 BC

The Lansdowne Herakles Roman, about AD 125

One of J. Paul Getty's most prized possessions, it inspired him to build the Villa.

Relief of an African Elephant Art of the Odyssey		Venus Rome, AD 100-200		Mixing Vessel with Odysseus Escaping from the Cave of Polyphemos Greek, from Athens, 550-500 BC ---------- Statuette of Odysseus under the Ram Greek, from Italy, about 575 BC		Scroll Fragment of The Odyssey Roman, from Egypt, 100-1 BC		Art of the Trojan War Storage Jar with Aeneas and Anchise, Greek, from Athens, about 510 BC ---------- Storage Jar with Achilles and Ajax Gaming, Greek, from Athens, about 510 BC
Storage Jar with Diomedes and Odysseus Greek, from Italy, about 540 BC		Storage Jar with the Judgment of Paris Greek, from Athens, about 360 BC		Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Life of Achilles Roman, from Attica Greece, AD 180-220				Water Jar with Niobe Turning to Stone

Poet as Orpheus with Two Sirens Greek, from Italy, about 350-300 BC Mythological Heroes

Mixing Vessel with the Death of Orpheus

Theseus (and Minotaur)

Satyr Pouring Wine Roman, AD 1-100

Leda and the Swan Roman, AD 1-100

Now that's a major step back in time! The Villa is an easy afternoon's worth of walking around, enjoying the grounds when the weather is good, and appreciating the richness of life thousands of years ago. That many of these artificats survived millenia and wars and pillage and translocation to the other side of the world is a testament to the volume of man's expressive creativity, and appreciation of history by those who followed. And the power of turn-of-the-century petrochemical wealth by men like Getty who could travel abroad and scoop up these items, bundle them up and ship them far from their origins, out from under the uncaring eyes of the cultures that spawned them. All for us to see decades later, for free. Many of these works are being repatriated now and may never again be seen so easily.