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June 12, 2006 |
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Getty Center closed.
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June 12, 2006 |
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Tickets on the Web for this day are not yet available. Try calling (310) 440-7300.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Orientation Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
This 45-minute site tour offers an overview of the Getty Villa, its history, renovation, and new educational mission. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Spotlight Talk: Wall Frescoes with Bacchus and Ariadne, Silenos, and a Meanad
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through June 30, 2006
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk introduces ways of looking at ancient art through an in-depth exploration of one object in the collection. This month the featured object is Wall Frescoes with Bacchus and Ariadne, Silenos, and a Meanad, 1st century Roman wall paintings. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 10:30 a.m.
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Getty Villa Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
This 45-minute tour explores the architecture and gardens of the Getty Villa and their historical prototypes. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through June 29, 2007
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Focus Tour: The Heroic Ideal
Monday June 12, 2006
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Heroes pervaded history, religion, and imagination throughout the ancient world. In this one-hour tour explore the cultural significance heroes and their adventures held for ancient Greeks and Romans. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 2:30 p.m.
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Exhibitions |
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Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Daily through July 24, 2006
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
This exhibition celebrates the acquisition of the Oppenländer collection of ancient glass, and will be among the first exhibitions to mark the opening of the Getty Villa. The Oppenländer collection is remarkable for its high quality and its chronological breadth, covering all periods of ancient glass production. The objects are arranged by their method of manufacture, from casting and core-forming to inflation, and in-gallery videos will illustrate ancient glassmaking techniques.
 Learn more about this exhibition
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The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases
Daily through September 4, 2006
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
This major loan exhibition at the Getty Villa brings together approximately 100 vases produced in Athens during the Archaic and Classical periods, exemplifying the use of special decorative techniques, a subject never before examined as a whole. It includes extraordinary painted pottery produced with familiar red-figure and black-figure decorations, as well as ceramics made with an array of other, often experimental techniques. These include outline drawing; the use of a lustrous coral-red gloss; polychromy; gilding; and vases made from molds or with molded elements. Displaying a combination of techniques and representing objects of the highest level of skill, inventiveness, and artistry, the exhibition provides visitors with an understanding of the range and variety of Greek vases. The exhibition includes analytical and technical information on the processes used by ancient potters and vase-painters, and is accompanied by a catalogue.
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