Getty Museum

March 30, 2016
Roman Mosaics Across the Empire opens today at The Getty Villa.

March 31, 2015
Renaissance Splendors of the Northern Italian Courts runs March 31 through June 21, 2015 at The Getty Center in Los Angeles.

July 26, 2014
thegetty : Hey mosaic lovers!

July 3, 2014
thegetty : Form and function play together in this grape-shaped oinochoe, meaning “wine pourer.” Blue Grape-Cluster Pitcher, A.D. 1 – 100, Roman.

June 22, 2014
thegetty : Prep for a Roman meal served up in A.D. 50.

June 12, 2014
The so-called Athlete of Fano, a Greek bronze found off the coast of Italy by fishermen in 1964, remains the subject of controversy between the Italian government and the Getty museum, which acquired the statue in 1977.

June 7, 2014
thegetty : Medieval family motto week continues!

May 18, 2014
thegetty : This Roman ring is over 1600 years old and still looking as impressive as ever.

April 22, 2014
thegetty : “Spend five minutes with this sarcophagus and you’ll witness a whole night—and a passionate one at that.

April 12, 2014
thegetty : “Spend five minutes with the Italian choir book featured in the exhibition Heaven and Earth: Byzantine Illumination at the Cultural Crossroads .