Download or read book The Statue of Cybele in the J Paul Getty Museum written by Margarete Bieber and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Statue of Cybele in the J Paul Getty Museum written by Margarete Bieber and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1968-01-01 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines a statue of the Roman mother goddess Cybele in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The author discusses the style and iconography of the statue and proposes ultimately that it is a divine likeness of Livia, wife of the first Roman emperor Augustus.
Download or read book Roman Portraits in the J Paul Getty Museum written by Jiří Frel and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1987-04-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portraits, sometimes crude in their realism or gripping in the sense of a living person, were one of the great achievements of Roman Art. The collection of one hundred portraits in the Getty Museum is one of the largest in the world. Dr. Frel surveys the history of Roman portrait art in an often controversial introduction on the purpose of portraits in Roman life and society, continuing his arguments through the catalogue analyses of the individual pieces. The occasion for the book was a loan exhibition of the portraits to the Philbrook Art Center in Tulsa. This lavishly illustrated book presents a discussion of the principal views and the uses of the portrait in ancient times. The photographs include unusual views of the back and profiles of many portraits to show the care with which they were created and their damages and reworking over the centuries. The catalogue also includes five portraits that are late evocations of the antique and outright forgeries.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Ancient Art in the J Paul Getty Museum written by Cornelius C. Vermeule and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1973-05-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second of a series of books intended to catalogue the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Download or read book The Cult Statue of a Goddess written by The J. Paul Getty Museum and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international workshop on the Cult Statue of a Goddess was held at the Getty Villa on May 9, 2007. Sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum, it brought together distinguished speakers from Italy, New Zealand, and the United States as well as observers from the Sicilian Regional Ministry of Culture and Environmental Heritage, the Archaeological Institute of America, and colleagues from across the Getty. The topics addressed comprise pseudo-acrolithic sculpture in Archaic and Classical Greece, art-historical observations about the Cult Statue, petrographic and micropalaeontological data about the statue, survey of soil residues from the statue, and pollen analysis of those soil residues. The research undertaken and the information provided by this group will help better to determine the Cult Statue's ancient origins. The results of this workshop were a part of the Getty Museum's final stages of research before the statue was sent to Italy in 2011.
Download or read book The J Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Antiquities Collection written by J. Paul Getty Museum and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The J. Paul Getty Museum's antiquities collection contains objects spanning thousands of years, from Preclassical times as far back as the third millennium B.C. through A.D. 600, encompassing Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, Greek, Etruscan, South Italian, Roman, and Romano-Egyptian artifacts. The collection at the Getty Villa includes one of the finest assemblages of ancient Greek vases in the United States; monumental marble sculptures and diminutive bronzes; Greek and Roman gems; and Hellenistic silverware, jewelry, and glass. In lively prose accompanied by full-color photographs of nearly two hundred objects, this handbook presents the most important pieces in the collection.
Download or read book The J Paul Getty Museum Journal written by The J. Paul Getty Muiseum and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 4 is a compendium of articles and notes pertaining to the Museum’s permanent collections of decorative arts. This volume includes an introduction and two articles by Gillian Wilson, Curator of Decorative Arts. Volume 4 also features articles by Jiří Frel, the Museum’s Curator of Antiquities; Edith Standen, Curatorial Consultant, Department of Western European Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Geraldine Hussman, California State University at Northridge; Jean-Luc Bordeaux, Professor of Art History and Director of the Fine Arts Gallery, California State University at Northridge; and Faya Causey, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Download or read book The Getty Bronze written by Jiří Frel and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Released from his prison of incrustation, having rested on the ocean floor for thousands of years, the bronze statue of an athlete stands in a quietly arrogant pose, having just placed an olive crown—the symbol of victory in the Olympic Games—on his head. In this monograph devoted to the Getty Bronze, Dr. Frel analyzes the technique and style that point to its attribution to the great fourth-century Greek sculptor Lysippos. The conservation of the bronze, its possible identity as a Hellenistic prince, and its place in Lysippos’s oeuvre are discussed.
Download or read book The Edible Monument written by Marcia Reed and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Edible Monument considers the elaborate architecture, sculpture, and floats made of food that were designed for court and civic celebrations in early modern Europe. These include popular festivals such as Carnival and the Italian Cuccagna. Like illuminations and fireworks, ephemeral artworks made of food were not well documented and were challenging to describe because they were perishable and thus quickly consumed or destroyed. In times before photography and cookbooks, there were neither literary models nor a repertoire of conventional images for how food and its preparation should be explained or depicted. Although made for consumption, food could also be a work of art, both as a special attraction and as an expression of power. Formal occasions and spontaneous celebrations drew communities together, while special foods and seasonal menus revived ancient legends, evoking memories and recalling shared histories, values, and tastes. Drawing on books, prints, and scrolls that document festival arts, elaborate banquets, and street feasts, the essays in this volume examine the mythic themes and personas employed to honor and celebrate rulers; the methods, materials, and wares used to prepare, depict, and serve food; and how foods such as sugar were transformed to express political goals or accomplishments. This book is published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Getty Research Institute from October 13, 2015, to March 23, 2016.
Download or read book Greek Funerary Sculpture written by Janet Burnett Grossman and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2002-01-03 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This illustrated catalogue presents fifty-nine Greek funerary monuments in the Antiquities collection of the Getty Museum. Spanning the Classical and Hellenistic periods, the sculptures typically show the deceased either alone or surrounded by family. Ranging from depictions of seated mothers and modest maidens to nude boys and armed warriors, this collection offers new insight into Greek art and society that will undoubtedly pique the interest of both scholars and the general public."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Collaboration of Niccol Tegliacci and Luca di Tomm written by Sherwood A. Fehm, Jr. and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the course of discussing an important fourteenth-century Sienese altarpiece in the Getty collection, Sherwood Fehm considers the possible collaboration of the two Italian painters Niccolò Tegliacci and Luca di Tommè. Through comparison with other works by Niccolò and Luca, including additional examples from the Getty collection, the author endeavors to isolate the hand of each artist and to attribute the overall design of the altarpiece.
Download or read book The Cassone Paintings of Francesco di Giorgio written by Burton B. Fredericksen and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1969-01-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wood paneled chests, or cassoni, painted by Francesco di Giorgio early in his career are thought to represent the pinnacle of his achievements. This monograph treats Francesco’s fifteenth-century cassone paintings in terms of chronology, iconography, and overall importance; included is his Triumph of Chastity, now in the collection of the Getty Museum.
Download or read book Masterpieces of the J Paul Getty Museum Antiquities written by Elana Towne-Markus and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1997-11-13 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From third millennium BC marble statuettes to gem-encrusted gold jewelry of the fourth and fifth centuries AD, the collection of antiquities in the J. Paul Getty Museum testifies to the extraordinary skill and artistic achievements of sculptors, potters, painters, metal smiths, and other artisans of the ancient Mediterranean world. Indicating both the quality of the individual pieces and the range of the collection, this volume illustrates many of the outstanding objects, among them a rare life-size Greek bronze statue depicting a victorious youth and J. Paul Getty's personal favorite, the marble statue known as the Lansdowne Herakles. Also included are a number of Greek and Etruscan terracotta vases, bronze and marble sculpture, and delicate late Classical and Ptolemaic gold jewelry.
Download or read book Masterpieces of the J Paul Getty Museum written by Elana Towne-Markus and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lansdowne Herakles, a marble statue that was a personal favourite of J. Paul Getty, is just one of the examples of the objects showcased in this book. Greek and Etruscan terracotta vases, bronze and marble sculpture, and delicate late Classical and Ptolemaic gold jewelry are a testimony to the extraordinary skill and artistic achievments of sculptors, potters, painters, metalsmiths, and other artisans of the ancient Mediterranean world.
Download or read book In Search of God the Mother written by Lynn E. Roller and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-07-13 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines one of the most intriguing figures in the religious life of the ancient Mediterranean world, the Phrygian Mother Goddess, known to the Greeks and Romans as Cybele or Magna Mater, the Great Mother. Her cult was particularly prominent in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), and spread from there through the Greek and Roman world. She was an enormously popular figure, attracting devotion from common people and potentates alike. This book is the first comprehensive assembly and discussion of the entire extant evidence concerning the worship of the Phrygian Mother Goddess, from her earliest appearance in the prehistoric record to the early centuries of the Roman Empire. Lynn E. Roller presents and analyzes literary, historiographic, and archaeological data with equal acuity and flair. While previous studies have tended to emphasize the more outrageous aspects of the Mother Goddess's cult, such as her orgiastic rituals and the eunuch priests who attended her, this book places a special focus on Cybele's position in Anatolia and the ways in which the identity of the goddess changed as her cult was transmitted to Greece and Rome. Roller gives a detailed account of the growth, spread, and evolution of her cult, her ceremonies, and her meaning for her adherents. This book will introduce students of Classical antiquity to many aspects of the Great Mother which have been previously unexamined, and will interest anyone who has ever been piqued by curiosity about the Mother Goddess of the ancient Western world.
Download or read book The Getty bronze written by J. Paul Getty Museum and published by J. Paul Getty Trust Publications. This book was released on 1978 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses bronze statue that may be attributed to Lysippos.
Download or read book The Herculaneum Women written by Jens Daehner and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the 18th century, three life-sized marble statues of women were found near Portici on the Bay of Naples. This volume presents the comprehensive story of these famous statues.
