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Alessandra Sprega, Benjamin Marcus, Elena Macchioni, Claudia Cancino, 2025. Download PDF. Download EPUB. Print on Demand (Lulu.com). The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) has demonstrated a ...

In 1966, Ed Ruscha drove a car rigged with a motorized camera to capture Los Angeles’ most iconic street: Sunset Boulevard. He created a time capsule of its famed facades, beginning a sixty-year-long ...

Photography and fashion insiders-from photographer Glen Luchford to supermodel Cindy Crawford-share stories and insights about select works.

Conservation is a core value for most archaeological societies. It is highlighted in their codes of ethics, statements of mission, and governance. In recognition of this, the World Archaeological ...

Metadata and the Web Tony Gill Revised by Murtha Baca, with assistance from Joan Cobb, Nathaniel Deines, and Moon Kim. When the first edition of this book was published in 1998, the term metadata was ...

Neville Agnew is associate director, programs, at the Getty Conservation Institute. He joined the Institute in 1988 as deputy director of the Scientific Research Program after heading the conservation ...

It was probably another attempt at etymology that persuaded Strabo that excessive quantities of amber could be found in Liguria. 67 Strabo makes no distinction between lyngourion and elektron, using ...

Martini 1655 Citation: Martini, Martino. Novus Atlas Sinensis.Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1655.. ↩︎. The Royal Society in London carried out scientific analysis of lacquers in 1663, and in 1690 Grand Duke ...

The Museum’s photographs collection celebrates its 35th anniversary with an exhibition showcasing photographs never before displayed at the Getty. From 19th-century European and American photographs ...

For nearly 3,000 years a series of kingdoms flourished in ancient Nubia (present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan). The region was rich in sought-after resources such as gold and ivory and its ...

The Galleria Borghese in Rome houses six paintings by Caravaggio, the largest gatherings of his works in a single collection. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience three masterpieces ...