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![Come see the art of the Grand Tour for yourself. Three separate exhibitions highllighting Getty collections explore various aspects of the Grand Tour and its importance as an artistic and cultural phenomenon.](images/comesee.gif)
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![Naples and Vesuvius on the Grand Tour](images/l-naples.jpg) |
![Naples and Vesuvius on the Grand Tour](images/h_overview1.gif)
December
21, 2001 - March 24, 2002 Getty Research Institute Exhibition Gallery
This exhibition explores Naples as a tourist destination during the
period that Sir William Hamilton was the British ambassador to Naples,
1764 to 1800. A passionate collector of art and antiquities, Hamilton
was equally drawn to natural wonders and archaeological discoveries.
He played a distinctive role as a knowledgeable guide and genteel
host to visitors on the Grand Tour. For 18th-century travelers, Naples
was a mythic place dominated by the powerful presence of
Mount Vesuvius.
The volcano and ruins made Naples a different exotic locale.
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![Rome on the Grand Tour](images/l-rome.jpg) |
![Rome on the Grand Tour](images/h_overview2.gif)
January
8 - August 11, 2002 North Pavilion
Featuring new acquisitions by the Getty Museum and Research Institute,
Rome on the Grand Tour presents the cultural center, know as the Eternal City, as a preeminent destination
for the British aristocrat. Gathering together paintings, pastels,
drawings, sculpture, artists' sketchbooks, antiquities, books, and
souvenir prints, this exhibition captures the diversity of the Grand
Tour experience and portrays the preparation, engagement, and memory
intrinsic to the journey.
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![Drawing Italy in the Age of the Grand Tour](images/l-ditaly.jpg) |
![Drawing Italy in the Age of the Grand Tour](images/h_overview3.gif)
February
5 - May 12, 2002 East Pavilion
Throughout the 1700s travelers flocked to the Italian provinces in
search of inspiration, enlightenment, discovery and adventure. Aristocratic
visitors and connoisseurs encouraged the production of landscapes
and cityscapes, visual records and souvenirs of the sites encountered
on their travels. Ancestors of the modern-day postcard,
vedute, or expansive views, were vehicles for the artist's creative and illusionistic
vision of nature and architecture. The visitor is guided through the
vast and varied territories of Italy, from a Venetian backstreet by
Giovanni Antonio Canal, and a theatrical performance by Francesco
Guardi, to an imaginary antique port by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. |
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