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History of Art

Bostrom Antonia

ISBN: PB: 9780892369744, Getty Publications, August 2012
80 pp., 23.6x18.8 cm, 51 colour illus.

This is an engrossing exploration of an 18th-century sculptor's influence on artists to the present day. An astonishing group of 69 "Character Heads" by German sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783) has fascinated viewers, artists, and collec...

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Art Conservation

Changing Views of Textile Conservation

Brooks Mary, Eastop Dinah

ISBN: PB: 9781606060483, Getty Publications, May 2011
680 pp., 25.6x17.6 cm, 15 colour illus., 81 black&white illus., 34 line drawings

This title offers an insightful collection of critically important readings on the concepts and practices of textile conservation. This fourth volume in "The Readings in Conservation series" aims to promote critical thinking about the concepts and pr...

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Decorative Arts

Paris Life and Luxury in Eighteenth Century

Bremer-David Charissa

ISBN: HB: 9781606060520, Getty Publications, April 2011
168 pp., 28.9x23.8 cm, 79 colour illus., 77 black&white illus.

This title provides a superbly illustrated and fascinating look at world of luxury objects in 18th-century Paris. Luxury items from centuries past are most often seen within museum settings, devoid of their original contexts and connotations. This gr...

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History of Art

Education

Teaching in the Art Museum Interpretation as Experience

Burnham Rika, Kai-Kee Elliott

ISBN: PB: 9781606060582, Getty Publications, April 2011
136 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 7 colour illus., 2 black&white illus.

This title offers an insightful exploration of the mission, history, theory, practice and future of museum education. At the heart of all good art museum teaching is an effort to bring people and artworks together in meaningful ways. But what constit...

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Landscape Architecture

Gardens and Plants of the Getty Villa

Bowe Patrick, DeHart Michael D.

ISBN: PB: 9781606060490, Getty Publications, January 2011
160 pp., 22.6x14.3 cm, 225 colour illus., 75 black&white photos

This title provides a lavishly illustrated exploration of the stunning gardens at the Getty Villa This sumptuously illustrated volume provides an illuminating and in-depth exploration of stunning gardens at the Getty Villa. The first part of the book...

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History of Art

Medicine in Art

Bordin Giorgio, D'Ambrosio Laura Polo

ISBN: PB: 9781606060445, Getty Publications, September 2010
384 pp., 19.9x13.7 cm, 400 colour illus.

This is the latest volume in the acclaimed series that depicts medicine as depicted in art throughout history. This sumptuously illustrated volume offers a visual history of the depiction of illness and healing in Western culture, ranging from Egypti...

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History of Art

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils Telling the Difference

Bevers Holm, Hendrix Lee, Robinson William W., Schatborn Peter

ISBN: PB: 9780892369799, ISBN: HB: 9780892369782, Getty Publications, March 2010
304 pp., 29.5x28 cm, 202 colour illus., 3 black&white illus.

This is a groundbreaking study of more than 40 drawings by Rembrandt and related works by his pupils. Rembrandt was the most famous painter of the Dutch Golden Age, and the opportunity to work in his studio attracted young artists for nearly four dec...

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Photography

Education

Looking at Photographs A Guide to Technical Terms (Revised Edition)

Baldwin Gordon, Jurgens Martin

ISBN: PB: 9780892369713, Getty Publications, November 2009
104 pp., 23.2x15.8 cm, 61 colour illus., 23 black&white illus.

This is a comprehensive guide to the most frequently used technical terms used in photography – from the earliest processes to the latest technologies. From its origins at the end of the 1830s, photography has continued to evolve both aesthetically a...

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History of Art

Seeing the Getty Collections At the Getty Center

Bomford David

ISBN: PB: 9780892369621, Getty Publications, July 2009
64 pp., 15.2x15.2 cm, 70 colour illus.

This is a delightfully illustrated volume that offers readers an entertaining and informative virtual tour through the magnificent art of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Featuring works of art from the legendary collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, thi...

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Decorative Arts

Techniques of Chinese Lacquer

Bonanni Filippo, Perugini Flavia

ISBN: PB: 9780892369539, Getty Publications, April 2009
96 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 4 line illus.

This is the first English translation of Filippo Bonanni's acclaimed eighteenth-century treatise on Chinese lacquer. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum (March-May 2009) focusing on the conservation of the Victoria an...

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