The Getty Center, seen from the Central Garden

The Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, USA, is the current home of the J. Paul Getty Museum as well as a research institute, conservation institute, grant program, and leadership institute. The museum opened on December 16, 1997. It is owned and operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust. Image File history File links An image from the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California. ... Image File history File links An image from the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California. ... d Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... The J. Paul Getty Trust is the United States wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment of $5. ...

Collection

The museum collects and exhibits classical sculpture and art, European paintings, drawings, manuscripts, sculpture, decorative arts, and photographs. In respect to Getty's collecting intentions, the museum does not generally collect 20th or 21st century art, with the exception of photography.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

In 1974, J. Paul Getty opened his second museum in a re-creation of the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum on his property in Malibu, California. In 1997 the museum moved to its current location in Brentwood, and the Malibu museum, renamed the "Getty Villa", was closed for renovation until recently. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 300 × 243 pixelsFull resolution (300 × 243 pixel, file size: 28 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) THe J Paul Getty Museum Logo taken from a carving at the museum. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 300 × 243 pixelsFull resolution (300 × 243 pixel, file size: 28 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) THe J Paul Getty Museum Logo taken from a carving at the museum. ... A blonde haired, very skilled worker with a 70s look. ... As I See It, J. Paul Getty Autobiography Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company. ... The Villa of the Papyri is a private house of ancient Roman city of Herculaneum (current commune of Ercolano) owned by Julius Caesars father-in-law, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus: its remains were first excavated in 1765 by Karl Weber. ... Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano. ... Location of MAlibu in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government  - Mayor Ken Kearsley [1] Area  - City  100. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Brentwood is an affluent district in the West Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California, United States; it is sometimes confused with Brentwood, California in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. ... The Getty Villa Main Courtyard of the Villa The new entrance to the Getty Villa sets the tone of entering an archaeological dig. ...

Now, the Getty Villa holds the Greek, Etruscan and Roman sculptures once housed in the Getty Center. Extent of Etruscan civilization and the twelve Etruscan League cities. ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ...

The Getty Center houses such paintings as Irises by Vincent Van Gogh and King of France and Navarre by Hyacinthe Rigaud. Irises is a painting by Vincent van Gogh. ... Vincent Willem van Gogh (sometimes erroneously pronounced [ˈvɪnsənt væn ˈɡɒf] in British English and [ˈvɪnsənt væn ˈɡoʊ] in US English; the correct Dutch pronunciation is ) (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. ... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Hyacinthe Rigaud (July 20, 1659-December 27, 1743) was a French painter. ...

The controversies with Italy and Greece

The Getty is involved in a controversy regarding proper title to some of the artwork in its collection. The Museum's previous curator of antiquities, Marion True, was indicted in Italy in 2005 (along with famed dealer Robert Hecht Jr.) on criminal charges relating to trafficking in stolen antiquities. Similar charges have been addressd by the Greek authorities. The primary evidence in the case came from the 1995 raid of a Geneva, Switzerland warehouse which had contained a fortune in stolen artifacts. Italian art dealer Giacomo Medici was eventually arrested in 1997; his operation was thought to be "one of the largest and most sophisticated antiquities networks in the world, responsible for illegally digging up and spiriting away thousands of top-drawer pieces and passing them on to the most elite end of the international art market".^[1] Antiquity means different things: Generally it means ancient history, and may be used of any period before the Middle Ages. ... Marion True (b. ... Robert Emmanuel Hecht Jr is the private antiquities dealer formerly based in Rome who sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1972, the Euphronios krater, to be returned to Italy in 2006, and who in 2005-06 was on trial in absentia in Rome[1] for dealing in illicitly... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra //, Romansh: Genevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... Giacomo Medici is an Italian art dealer convicted in 2004 of dealing in stolen ancient artifacts. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ...

In a letter to the J. Paul Getty Trust on December 18, 2006, True stated that that she is being made to "carry the burden" for practices which were known, approved, and condoned by the Getty's Board of Directors.^[2] True is currently under investigation by Greek authorities over the acquisition of a 2,500 year old funerary wreath. The wreath along with a 6th century B.C. statue of a woman have now being returned to Greece and are now exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens ^[3]. The J. Paul Getty Trust is the United States wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment of $5. ... is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Façade of the National Archaeological museum of Athens. ...

On November 20, 2006, the director of the museum, Michael Brand, announced that twenty-six disputed pieces were to be returned to Italy, but not the Victorious Youth, which is still claimed by the Italian autorities. In 2007 the Los Angeles J. Paul Getty Museum was forced to return 40 artifacts, including a 5th century B.C. statue of the goddess Aphrodite, which was looted from Morgantina, an ancient Greek settlement in Sicily.^[4] The Getty Museum resisted the requests of the Italian government for nearly two decades, only to admit later that "there might be 'problems'" attached to the acquisition."^[5] In 2006 Italian senior cultural official Giuseppe Proietti said: "The negotiations haven't made a single step forward," only after he suggested the Italian government "to take cultural sanctions against the Getty, suspending all cultural cooperation,"^[6] did the J. Paul Getty Museum return the antiquities. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Dr Michael Brand during his time at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Dr Michael Brand (born 1958) is an art scholar from Australia and in January 2006 will become director of the J. Paul Getty Museum. ... The bronze Victorious Youth at the Getty Museum The Getty Victorious Youth, refered to in Italian sources as the Atleta di Fano,[1] is a Greek bronze sculpture, made between 300 and 100 BCE,[2] in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California. ... View of a building at the Getty Center, from the Central Garden. ... For other uses, see Aphrodite (disambiguation). ... Panoramic photo of Morgantinas agora on the Serra Orlando ridge, looking NE. The conical peak of Cittadella is visible in the center background. ...

In another unrelated case in 1999 the Getty Museum had to hand over three antiquities to Italy after determining they were stolen. The objects included a Greek red-figure kylix from the fifth-century B.C., signed by the painter Onesimos and the potter Euphronios as potter, looted from the Etruscan site of Cerveteri; a torso of the god Mithra from the second-century A.D., and the head of a youth by the Greek sculptor Polykleitos.^[7] Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Kylix may mean: Kylix (drinking cup), a type of drinking cup used in ancient Greece Kylix programming tool This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Onesimos Nesib (in Oromo orthography, Onesimoos Nasiib; about 1856 – 21 June 1931), was a native Oromo who converted to Lutheran Christianity and translated the Christian Bible into Oromo. ... See: Etruscan civilization Etruscan language Etruscan alphabet Etruscan mythology See also: Tyrrhenian, Lemnian, Pelasgian. ... A small town located approximately 60 miles N of Rome. ... Mithra (Avestan Miθra, modern Persian مهر Mihr, Mehr, Meher) is an important deity or divine concept (so called Yazata) in Zoroastrianism and later Persian mythology and culture. ... Polykleitos (or Polycletus, Polyklitos, Polycleitus, Polyclitus) the Elder was a Greek sculptor of the 5th century BC and the early 4th century BC. Next to famous Phidias, Myron and Kresilas he is the most important sculptor of the Classical antiquity. ...

Architecture

The Getty Center at dusk.

The Getty Center, designed by architect Richard Meier, is the $1.2 billion flagship museum of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the largest arts endowment in history (at over $3 billion).^[8]It is located on a hill in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California overlooking Interstate 405 and Bel-Air. The museum is free to the public (although there is a city of Los Angeles imposed parking fee). The Getty Center is high enough that on a clear day, it is possible to see the snow at Big Bear as well as the Pacific Ocean and the entire Los Angeles basin. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1800x600, 149 KB) Summary Panorama of the Getty Center below the Exhibition Pavillion at dusk; by Roger Howard <rogerhoward@mac. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1800x600, 149 KB) Summary Panorama of the Getty Center below the Exhibition Pavillion at dusk; by Roger Howard <rogerhoward@mac. ... Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey) is a late twentieth century American architect known for his use of the purist white. ... Brentwood is an affluent district in the West Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California, United States; it is sometimes confused with Brentwood, California in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. ... The San Diego Freeway, close to the interchange with the Ventura Freeway, on one of the rare days when it is not congested. ... Big Bear City is a census-designated place located in San Bernardino County, California. ...

Richard Meier has exploited the two naturally occurring ridges (which diverge at a 22.5 degree angle) by overlaying two grids along these axes. These grids serve to define the space of the campus while dividing the import of the buildings on it. Along one axis lie the galleries and along the other axis lie the administrative buildings. The primary grid structure is a 30-inch square; most wall and floor elements are 30-inch squares or some derivative thereof.

USGS satellite image of the Getty Center.

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The Getty Center houses four primary art collections: Greek and Roman antiquities, French decorative arts, European paintings before the 1900s and Photography from its inception through present day.

The five galleries, called pavilions, are North, East, South, West and the Changing Exhibit pavilion. The artwork is displayed throughout the pavilions chronologically: the North houses the oldest art while the West houses the newest. The first floor galleries house light-sensitive art, such as illuminated manuscripts, furniture or photography. Computer-controlled skylights on the second floor galleries allow paintings to be displayed in natural light. The second floors are connected by a series of glass enclosed bridges and open terraces, both of which offer views of the surrounding hillsides and central plaza.

Throughout the campus, numerous fountains provide white noise as a background. The initial design has remained intact, however benches and fences have been installed around the plaza fountains to discourage visitors from wading into the pools. Some additional revisions have been made in deference to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The museum has a seven-story deep underground parking garage with over 1,200 parking spaces. And an automated, driver-less, three-car tram takes passengers to and from the museum. This serves to decompress the visitor and create an entirely pedestrian experience for the museum-goer. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The north promontory is anchored by a circular grass area which serves as a heliport in case of emergencies, and the south promontory is anchored by a succulent plant and cactus garden. Succulent plants, such as this Aloe, store water in their fleshy leaves Succulent plants, also known as succulents or fat plants, are water-retaining plants adapted to xerophilic climatic or soil conditions. ... Genera See Taxonomy of the Cactaceae A cactus (plural cacti, cactuses or cactus) is any member of the succulent plant family Cactaceae, native to the Americas. ...

Central Garden

The central garden in April 2007.

The 134,000-square-foot Central Garden at the Getty Center is the work of artist Robert Irwin. The design of the Central Garden re-establishes the natural ravine between the Museum and the Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities with a tree-lined walkway. The walkway traverses a stream planted on each side with a variety of grasses and gradually descends to a plaza where bougainvillea arbors provide scale. The stream continues through the plaza and ends in a cascade of water over a stone waterfall into a pool in which a maze of azaleas floats. Around the pool is a series of specialty gardens, each with a variety of plant material. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Robert Irwin is an American artist. ... Species Selected species: Bougainvillea buttiana Bougainvillea glabra Bougainvillea peruviana Bougainvillea spectabilis Bougainvillea spinosa Bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). ...

The process of creating the Central Garden began for Irwin in 1992, when he started working with Harold M. Williams and Stephen D. Rountree of the J. Paul Getty Trust in consultation with Richard Meier. Irwin also worked closely with Richard Naranjo, the Getty’s manager of grounds and gardens, and the landscape architecture firm of Spurlock Poirier, in finalizing all facets of the garden. Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey) is a late twentieth century American architect known for his use of the purist white. ...

Construction schedule

• Spring 1996 Begin grading on the reflecting pool and chadar wall
• Spring 1997 Complete grading for remainder of garden;
• Begin construction of stream
• Summer 1997 Complete construction of stream;
• Install bridges and walkways;
• Begin irrigation and first plantings;
• Complete planting and installation of final details
• December 1997 Garden completed;
• Getty Center opens to the public

Plants

A garden at the Getty Center, seen from the Central Garden.

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• Trees:
  • Platanus acerifolia - 'Yarwood' London Plane
  • Lagerstroemia indica - 'Muskogee' Crape Myrtle
• Stream Garden:
  • Helichrysum petiolatum - Cudflower
  • Cotyledon orbiculata - no common name
  • Kalanchoe - various species
  • Tibouchina urvilleana - Princess Flower
  • Geranium psilostemon - Cranesbill
  • Cannas - no common name
• Terrace Bowers:
  • Bougainvillea - no common name
• Meadow:
  • Muhlenbergia rigens - Deer Grass
  • Festuca mairei - Maire's Fescue
• Terrace Gardens:
  • Hydrangea macrophylla - Garden Hydrangea
  • Iris species - no common name
  • Rosa species - Floribunda roses
  • Tulips, South African and Mediterranean Bulbs - no common names
  • Tropaeolum malus - Garden Nasturtium
  • Erigeron karvinskianus - Fleabane
  • Sempervivum tectorum - Hen and Chicks
  • Penstemon species - Beard Tongue
  • Salvia Species - Sages
  • Cosmos species - no common name
• Azalea Pool:
  • Three varieties of Southern Indica Rhododendron

GettyGuide

Detailed information about the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection at the Getty Center is provided on GettyGuide, a suite of interactive multimedia tools available at the Museum, as well as on getty.edu. At the GettyGuide stations in the Museum, visitors can get information about exhibitions, play with an interactive timeline, watch videos on art-making techniques, and more. Also available at the Museum, the GettyGuide audio player features commentary from curators and conservators on over 300 works of art. With GettyGuide on the Web, one may browse the Museum’s collections[1] and bookmark works of art to create a customized tour and printable map[2]. More information about GettyGuide can be found on getty.edu.[3]

• Admission: Free
• Parking: $8.00
• The museum is closed Mondays.

Additional images

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References

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Further reading

• The Getty Center : design process, 1991, ISBN 0892362103
• Plants in the Getty's Central Garden, 2004, ISBN 0892367148

See also

• Getty Villa
• Armenian Illuminated manuscript

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External links

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Getty Center

• J. Paul Getty Trust official website
• Architecture of the Getty Center (800 photographs categorized by location and by subject of photograph)
• Google map & aerial photo of Getty Center
• Gardens of the Getty Center (LandLiving.com)

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