A Museum for the New Century: The J. Paul Getty Museum and Its Collections
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Book Overview
Presents a biography of J. Paul Getty and a history of the collections and the buildings that have housed them. Documents and photographs help to illustrate Getty's life as he travelled the world, and over 100 reproductions show the range and depth of the collections.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0892364750
ISBN13:9780892364756
Release Date:December 1997
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:304 Pages
Weight:4.54 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 9.4" x 12.3"
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One of the finest museum books of its kind
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
The Getty is both superb, small collection --- and a sybaritic and monumental complex of architecture/urban planning/sculpture set in a breathtaking natural site. This book, with exceptionally accurate and well-chosen photographs of the complex, and concise summaries of the major works of art, simply stated --- succeeds on all fronts. For sophisticated museum goers, this volume is the creme de la creme: an ample but not too cumbersome overview of the Getty, and (if you've been there), a wonderful momento. Those who seek what this book does not purport to be should steer themselves elsewhere.
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