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J. Paul Getty Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum

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Los Angeles, California / In which we consider the many stories of art. Join us.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Sumptuous Fabrics

Sumptuous Fabrics / Fabulous fabrics from across the ages.

Getty Museum Collection Highlights

Getty Museum Collection Highlights / Enjoy some of the most famous and popular works from the Getty Museum collection

Interact with Manuscripts

Interact with Manuscripts / Where we admire illuminated, bookish beauties.

Cosplay / Dressing up artistically

Fashionable Threads

Fashionable Threads / "You can never be overdressed or overeducated." -- Oscar Wilde

The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth / The nude in art

Impressionism / Art of the Impressionists.

In the Clouds / "I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers / From the seas and the streams..."
—Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cloud

A Passion for Pastels

A Passion for Pastels / For all of us who love the velvety textures, rich colors and seductive qualities of pastels.

An Eye for Art / Eyes are the mirror of the soul. Can you identify the artist? See the answers by following the image links.

Tête-à-Tête / Art, head to head.

Cupid Draw Back Your Bow

Cupid Draw Back Your Bow / The mischievous god of love shooting his darts of desire.

Majestic Ladies

Majestic Ladies / Where the regal women from the kingdom of Art come to meet.

Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever / Timeless bling.

Be Still / The art of the still life.

Art in Full Bloom

Art in Full Bloom / Flowers depicted in paint, photography, wood carving, porcelain and more.

Creatures Big and Small

Creatures Big and Small

Hat Tip / How do you do? *Doff of the hat* to art

Where in the World?

Where in the World? / Using art to travel the globe.

Museum Selfies / Portrait of the Artist

Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures / Angels, dragons, & other winged creatures.

The Devil in the Details

The Devil in the Details / Imps, demons, beasts, devils, monsters, and otherworldly creatures that skulk in the shadows.

The Illuminated Alphabet

The Illuminated Alphabet / Antiphonal, Bestiary, Choir Book. The visual language of illuminated manuscript initials

Olympic Games / An artistic celebration of the Olympic Games from antiquity to the present.

Mummy Portraits

Mummy Portraits

Homer's Iliad & Odyssey

Homer's Iliad & Odyssey / Works of art illustrating stories from Homer's Iliad & Odyssey.

The Labors of Herakles / Hercules

The Labors of Herakles / Hercules / A hero's tale

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Ovid's Metamorphoses / Epic adventures and tales of love and deceit from Ovid's Metamorphoses

Say Cheese! / Hold that smile.

How Dramatic / Releasing our inner drama queen one work of art at a time.

Art Menagerie / Beware! Exotic beasts in the Museum.

Flock / Art from a bird's eye view.

The Macabre / For the little bit of twisted in all of us.

Art at Rest / Relaxing at the Getty Museum.

Christ's Passion

Christ's Passion / A visual storytelling of the Passion of Jesus Christ.

Macho Mustached Men

Macho Mustached Men / The art of manliness.

Strongmen / Art with muscles. #perpetuallyposing

Manuscript Resources

Manuscript Resources / Helpful resources about manuscripts from cultural heritage organizations.

Medieval Zodiac

Medieval Zodiac / What's your sign?

Monkeys in the Margins

Monkeys in the Margins / Mischievous medieval+ manuscript monkeys. Collaborative board created with @DamienKempf and @bxknits

Saintly Abecedarian

Saintly Abecedarian / Hagiography in rhyme

Rock Stars / Marble, chalcedony, porphyry, alabaster, carnelian,
amethyst, jasper, granite, sandstone, quartz, boulders, and more making beautiful music at the Getty.

Gustav Klimt: Drawing Inspiration

Gustav Klimt: Drawing Inspiration / From his earliest work in the 1880s to his death, Klimt's entire artistic enterprise was based on drawing, which he practiced every day.

Here's Looking at You, Kid

Here's Looking at You, Kid / Forever young

The Great American Road Trip

The Great American Road Trip / A photographic journey.

Love Me, Love Me Not

Love Me, Love Me Not / "I Love You," museum-style.

The Tree / I hear the wind among the trees / playing the celestial symphonies / I see the branches downward bent / Like keys of some great instrument.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Likes of You

The Likes of You / Popular downloaded works of art in our Open Content Program

Something Old, Something New

Something Old, Something New / The art of marriage via Google Art Project

Auld Lang Syne / Virtuous intentions for the New Year

Wine Tasting / Sample an artful wine flight.

Signs of the Times

Signs of the Times

Silhouettes, Shadows, & Ghosts

Silhouettes, Shadows, & Ghosts / Image. Imagine. Imaginary.

The Door / Welcome. Please come in.

Have a Seat / "I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." -Henry David Thoreau

Shell Collection

Shell Collection / I have a large shell collection which I keep scattered in museums all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen it?

Swarm / Bzzzzzzzz

Trompe l'Oeil / The art of illusion.

Heigh Ho / Heigh ho, it's off to work we go.

'Tis the Season

'Tis the Season / Celebrating the holiday season in artistic style.

Season's Greetings!

Season's Greetings! / Create your own holiday cards. Click on an image to download a free high-resolution file. Season's Greetings from the Getty Museum!

Advent Calendar

Advent Calendar / A countdown to Christmas! Featuring a work of art paired with "a little piece of chocolate" from another museum each day.

Museum Backstory

Museum Backstory / Checking out the flip-side.

Exhibitions - Now on View

Exhibitions - Now on View / There is always something new to see, experience, and explore at the Getty Center and Getty Villa.

Jumping in Museums

Jumping in Museums / Art makes us jump for joy, too.

For Educators / K-12 educational resources rooted in the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection, designed to inform and inspire educators and students alike.

#GettyInspired / Artistic inspiration at large. #GettyInspired

Monsters + Kids = Fun!

Monsters + Kids = Fun! / We asked kids about supernatural creatures in our collection and then let the monsters talk back. "Demons, Angels, & Monsters: The Supernatural in Art" is an imaginative audio experience for families about works of art at the Getty Museum. Explore the characters, the artworks, and audio recordings via this pinboard.

Art and Haikus / The J. Paul Getty Museum's 2013 "Poetry of Paper" exhibition explored the concept of negative space. This exhibition inspired the haikus and drawings on this board. Using seventeen syllables to describe negative space in two drawings, each haiku reflects a different interpretation, as does each drawing!

Getty Docents / Our amazing Docents share their love for the Getty.

Photography / "Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still."—Dorothea Lange

Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta

Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta / Captivating illuminations from the Model Book of Calligraphy.

Fragment Friday

Fragment Friday / Discover Antiquities by looking at pieces of the past

Landscapes / A love of the land

Museum Conservation

Museum Conservation / Preserving works of art for future generations

Portraits / Portraits in Art

The Getty Villa

The Getty Villa / The Getty Villa in Malibu is the original home of the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Insta-Getty / Your instagrams of the Getty Center & Villa

Separated at Birth?

Separated at Birth? / Artsy doppelgängers.

The Enigmatic Hieronymus Bosch

The Enigmatic Hieronymus Bosch / "And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?" - Hieronymus Bosch

Richard Meier's Getty Center

Richard Meier's Getty Center

Mark of the Winged Serpent

Mark of the Winged Serpent / From 1508 artist Lucas Cranach the Elder signed his works—even those issued from his large workshop—with a symbol of a winged serpent. Explore paintings in Google Art Project and see if you can find his signature mark.

The Getty Iris / The Getty blog.

Art News / Art world happenings

Virtual Library

Virtual Library / The Getty's Virtual Library Offers over 250 Art Books for Free Download.

Gods and Goddesses

Gods and Goddesses / From Mount Olympus with love.

Cheers! / Celebrating cups, glasses and fancy drinking vessels.

Spectacular Silver

Spectacular Silver / Masterpieces of European Silver 1600-1800

GettyTV / Coming to you live from the Getty Center and Getty Villa

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