This online exhibition offers an in-depth look into the novel pedagogy of the Bauhaus, highlighting student explorations, masters’ theories, and a variety of colorful media drawn from the Getty ...

Bauhaus philosophy centered on the act of building. Artist and Bauhaus master Josef Albers challenged his students to think deeply about the art of construction by using a single sheet of paper to ...

In June 2015, the Getty Conservation Institute convened a meeting at the Rothschild Foundation at Windmill Hill Archive on the Waddesdon Manor and Estate in Aylesbury, UK, to explore the possibilities ...

Explore the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa.

Blue paper has fascinated European artists since its earliest use, from Renaissance Italy to Enlightenment France. Crafted from blue rags formed into sheets, it was a humble material that required ...

An exhibition for kids and families! This exhibition focuses on the working method of artists in the Middle Ages (about A.D. 500–1500), when books were written and copied by hand. Visitors can explore ...

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 ...

Inspired by a renewed interest in classical sculpture and closer study of nature, Renaissance artists made the nude body ever more vibrant, lifelike, and central to their practice. Yet pious European ...

Heemskerck's Style and Technique. The Ecce Homo altarpiece exemplifies Heemskerck's style of the mid-1540s, when restless energy infused his figures, exaggerated expressions grabbed the viewer's ...

German artist Hans Holbein the Younger created captivating portraits for a wide range of patrons, including scholars, statesmen, and courtiers, in 16th-century Basel and Tudor England. Holbein’s ...

Born into poverty and self-taught as a photographer, Mario Giacomelli (1925–2000) lived his entire life in Senigallia, along Italy's Adriatic coast. Soon after purchasing his first camera in 1953, he ...