Michelangelo Buonarroti is recognized as one of the most creative and influential artists in the history of Western art. His most celebrated creations have become icons of world culture: the ...

The nude—the unclothed or partially clothed human body—has been featured in European art for millennia. After 1400, with the waning of the Middle Ages, artists depicted nudes as increasingly ...

In 1828 a young architect, Heinrich Hübsch, published a polemical study in which he suggested that the rapid technological progress of the early nineteenth century, combined with changed living habits ...

Enhance students' understanding of artists, art history, materials, and techniques with interactive Web pages, online games, activities, and videos. Enliven your classroom teaching with select ...

The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of outstanding ...

The Villa dei Papiri was a sumptuous private residence on the Bay of Naples, just outside the Roman town of Herculaneum. Deeply buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, it was rediscovered ...

This volume explores the fascinating story behind the making of Gray Column, from its original concept to its display at the Getty, which marked the first time the piece was installed as Valentine ...

In 1896, Otto Wagner’s Modern Architecture shocked the European architectural community with its impassioned plea for an end to eclecticism and for a “modern” style suited to contemporary needs and ...

Tuesday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. The peoples of ancient Mexico used polished obsidian mirrors, or tezcatl, as instruments of divination.

The lesson plan and downloadable materials on this page are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Students examine William Blake's poem "A Poison Tree" and drawing ...

Stone is one of the oldest building materials, and its conservation ranks as one of the most challenging in the field. Alkoxysilanes in stone conservation can be traced back to 1861, when A. W. von ...

Ancient Iran, historically known as Persia, was the dominant nation of western Asia for over twelve centuries, with three successive native dynasties—the Achaemenid, the Parthian, and the ...