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August 21, 2006 |
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Getty Center closed.
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August 21, 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 30-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: Storage Jar with the Judgement of Paris
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through August 31, 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 the Storage Jar with the Judgement of Paris, a 4th-century B.C. Kerch-style vase. 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: Death, Burial, and Funerary Customs in the Ancient World
Monday August 21, 2006
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Learn about funerary practices of the ancient Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans in this one-hour tour. Discover the patterns of continuity and change of both practice and artistic expression among the different cultures. 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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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.
 Learn more about this exhibition
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