Ask the ChatbotGames & QuizzesHistory & SocietyScience & TechBiographiesAnimals & NatureGeography & TravelArts & CultureProConMoneyVideos
J. Paul Getty Museum
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Getty Villa Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum Robert Irwin: Getty Center's Central Garden Colonnade, J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, Calif.
Related Questions
Read Next
Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.
25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence
The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered
Museum of contemporary art in Los Angeles Moca - CALIFORNIA
From Gainsborough to Tansey: 7 Paintings in California
Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries
Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)
5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong
Discover
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Close-up of crocodile eye; location unknown (rainforest, reptile).
What’s the Difference Between Alligators and Crocodiles?
Charles Darwin, carbon print photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868.
What Darwin Got Right (and Wrong) About Evolution
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
pyramid sunset, egypt
What’s Inside the Great Pyramid?
The Castillo, a Toltec-style pyramid, rises 79 feet (24 meters) above the plaza at Chichen Itza in Yucatan state, Mexico. The pyramid was built after invaders conquered the ancient Maya city in the tenth century.
What’s Inside the Pyramid at Chichén Itzá?
VAN, TURKEY - OCTOBER 25: A building and car ruined during the earthquake of Van-Ercis on October 25, 2011 in Van, Turkey. It is 604 killed and 4152 injured in Van-Ercis Earthquake.
What Is an Aftershock?

J. Paul Getty Museum: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Areas Of Involvement painting • Renaissance art • Baroque art and architecture • art • decorative art
Related People J. Paul Getty

Photos

Getty Villa
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum
Robert Irwin: Getty Center's Central Garden
Colonnade, J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, Calif.
See All Images →

Related Topics and References

Topics