Research Guides and Bibliographies
Librarians, scholars, and curators provide topical overviews of Research Institute collections and specialized areas of research.
All guides and bibliographies, sorted alphabetically
Anatomy and ArtCreated 2022
A selected bibliography related to the Getty Research Institute exhibition Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy (February 22–July 10, 2022). |
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Appraisals Research GuideCreated 2006
Though the Getty cannot offer any appraisal services, this guide offers information on how to conduct your own appraisal research. |
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Architecture and Design
Created 2018
An introduction to the Getty's substantial architecture and design archival holdings, secondary research materials, and online resources, including strategies for researching the built environment. |
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Archives and Resources for Feminist Research
Created 2017, updated 2018
A list of selected archives, books, and online resources related to feminist art and research at the Getty Research Institute. |
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Artists' Biographies Research Guide
Created 2006
A list of selected publications and internet resources that can be used for general biographical research. |
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Artists' Signature Research Guide
Created 2006
How to research and identify artists' signatures, initials, and symbols. |
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The Art of David Tudor
Created 2001
A gateway to the David Tudor papers, containing images, audios and videos, as well as contextual essays, and a selected bibliography. |
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Auction and Sales Catalog Research Guide
Created 2024
A guide to print and online resources that support comprehensive research into the history of the art market as it pertains to collectors, artists, and art objects over time. |
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Blondell Cummings Resources
Created 2021
Selected archives, bibliographies, and pedagogical tools related to the work of choreographer and video artist Blondell Cummings (1944–2015). |
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Conservation Collection
Created 2006, updated 2019
A guide to accessing the library's approximately 55,000 titles that emphasize conservation, management, and protection of cultural property from paintings to architecture. |
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Copyright Research Guide
Created 2009, updated 2016, 2020
A list of online resources containing information about determining copyright status and obtaining permission to publish copyrighted materials. |
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Duveen Brothers Resources
Created 2007, updated 2013
An overview, selected bibliography, and frequently asked questions about the Duveen Brothers archive. The Duveen Brothers firm was one of the most prominent firms of art dealers during the first half of the 20th century. |
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Early Photography in Greece and the Mediterranean
Created 1997, updated 2006
Photographs of ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture from 19th- and early 20th-century photographers, presented with an overview, bibliography, and photographers' biographies. |
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Erich Mendelsohn Archive
Created 2014
Images and interactive transcripts of correspondence between architect Erich Mendelsohn and his wife, Luise Mendelsohn, from 1910 to 1953. |
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Festivals
Created 2000, updated 2004
An overview, bibliography, and access to extensive collections of ephemera, archival documents, and printed works made to commemorate European festivals from the 16th through the early 20th century. |
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Frank Lloyd Wright Resources
Created March 2001, updated 2016
The Research Institute owns photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright's drawings and microfiche copies of Wright's correspondence. The original drawings and letters are housed at The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York). |
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History of Photography in China, 1839–ca. 1911: Selected Annotated Bibliography
Created 2011
Created in conjunction with the exhibition Brush & Shutter: Early Photography in China at the J. Paul Getty Museum, February 8–May 1 2011, and the accompanying catalog of the same name. |
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Holocaust Era Research Resources
Created 2003
A guide to archives at the Getty Research Institute that bear on Holocaust-era looting and postwar dissemination of stolen art. |
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Johnson Publishing Company Archive Resource Guide
Created 2023
A resource of publications, selected archives, bibliographies, and information relating to the activities and history of the former publisher of Jet and Ebony magazines. |
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Julius Shulman Resources
Created 2005, updated 2015
An overview, selected bibliography, and frequently asked questions about the Julius Shulman archive, which contains over 260,000 negatives, vintage and modern prints, transparencies, and related printed matter. |
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A Nation Emerges: Sixty-five Years of Photography in Mexico
Created 2000, updated 2001
View photographs of Mexico from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, presented with an overview, chronology, photographers' biographies, glossary, bibliography, and list of related holdings. |
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Newspaper Research Guide
Created 2024
A guide to current and historical newspapers available in print and digital formats. |
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Return to Palmyra Classroom Study Guide
Created 2021
This guide for university and high school classroom instruction, available in English and Arabic, builds on the Getty Research Institute's Return to Palmyra online experience, which narrates the history of the Syrian city of Palmyra from antiquity to the present. |
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Prints after Poussin
Created 2004
A searchable collection of 35 images of mid- to late-17th century reproductive prints after the work of French painter and draftsman Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665). |
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Provenance Research Resources
Created 2003
A guide to archives at the Research Institute related to provenance, the art market, and the history of collecting. |
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Rare Photographs and Optical Devices
Created 2023
Brief descriptions introducing special collections photographs housed at the Getty Library. |
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Russian Avant-Garde Books
Created 2008
View 35 avant-garde books from the Research Institute's Russian modernist collections. |
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Sidney B. Felsen and Gemini G.E.L.
Created 2024
Resources related to photographs of the Gemini G.E.L. workshop and Los Angeles art scene from the Sidney B. Felsen archive, including recorded interviews with artists.View 35 avant-garde books from the Research Institute's Russian modernist collections. |
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Sketchbooks Research Guide
Created 2023
An introduction to the Getty Research Institute and Getty Museum's collections of sketchbooks, loose sketchbook folios, and albums of drawings by artists, designers, and architects from the 16th to the 21st centuries. |
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Stendahl Art Galleries Records: Guillermo Echániz Correspondence
Created 2022
A selection of annotated letters between Earl Stendahl and Guillermo Echániz, regarding the clandestine extraction of murals from Teotihuacan, with additional biographical notes on recurring figures who appear in the letters. |
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Surrealism in Latin America
Created 2010
An overview of selected holdings related to Surrealism in Latin America and subject bibliography. |
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