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February 2009

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Sculpting a Message: From the Counter-Reformation to the Present Day

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How do artists convey persuasive messages in images? In a new lesson for our Working with Sculpture curriculum, secondary students will analyze techniques artists use to communicate messages.

In the lesson, students examine contemporary images and works of art made during the 17th-century European Counter-Reformation. They focus on a sculpture of St. Ginés de la Jara by Luisa Roldán that may have been used as a persuasive image.

Learn more about the exhibition La Roldana's St. Ginés: The Making of a Polychrome Sculpture, on view from February 17, 2009.

View the lesson plan "Sculpting a Message: From the Counter-Reformation to the Present Day."

St. Ginés de la Jara / Roldán
Luisa Roldán's St. Ginés de la Jara (1792) was meant to reinforce the emotional experience of the faithful.

P R O F E S S I O N A L    D E V E L O P M E N T

Wednesday Teacher Workshop
February 11, 2009
4:00–6:00 p.m.
The Getty Villa

Professional Development

Learn how to plan a successful Self-Guided Visit to the Getty Villa in this mythology-themed workshop for teachers of grades 6 through 8.

Call (310) 440-7300 for more information and to make a reservation.

Learn more about the Getty's professional development opportunities for teachers.

At the Getty Villa, teachers discuss an ancient Roman sarcophagus that depicts scenes from the life of Achilles.
At the Getty Villa, teachers discuss an ancient Roman sarcophagus that depicts scenes from the life of Achilles.

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Help Us Improve Self-Guide Resources

School Visits

How can we improve our Self-Guided Visit resources to help you meet your teaching goals?

The Getty offers free Self-Guided Visits for K-12 classrooms, and provides free lesson and activity ideas to help you get the most out of your visit. Take our five-minute survey to let us know how we can improve these resources so that these visits can meet your objectives.

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View our free Self-Guided Visit lessons and activity ideas.

Students contemplate a decorative plate during a Self-Guided Visit at the Getty Center.
Students contemplate a decorative plate during a Self-Guided Visit at the Getty Center.

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Capturing the Emotions in a Story

Current Exhibitions

Learn how a group of creative rebels changed the course of art after the Renaissance in the exhibition Captured Emotions. The artists in this exhibition were masters of nature, texture, movement, and the human form. Many of the paintings in the exhibition interpret biblical and religious narrative by depicting a climactic, emotionally charged moment in the story.

Adapt the lesson "Telling Stories: Witness to a Brawl" to teach students how artists interpret narrative in works of art by depicting a single, often highly emotional, moment from the story. Students write newspaper articles using visual clues in a painting to imagine how the narrative depicted may have unfolded after the moment depicted.

View the lesson "Telling Stories: Witness to a Brawl."

Learn more about the exhibition Captured Emotions: Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575–1725, on view through May 3, 2009.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife / Guido Reni
Learn more about how three different painters interpreted one moment in this story.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, Guido Reni, about 1630

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Major Changes in the Galleries

Getty Bookmarks

Did you know that works of art at the Getty Museum are often moved to new locations? Before you bring your class to the Getty, make sure all the artworks you want to visit are on view. Here is one change:

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Two Sphinxes

Gallery Closure
Galleries on the first floor of the North Pavilion are closed for renovations and will reopen in May of 2009. These galleries include displays of the Getty's collection of antiquities, glass, ceramics, and bronze sculpture.

Find the location of a work of art by using Getty Bookmarks. Register for an account and you'll always know the most current location of your bookmarked artworks. For the most up-to-date information, be sure to check Getty Bookmarks on the day of, or the night before, your visit.

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