Joan Aruz examines the history and endurance of the Palmyrene people in “Palmyra: Caravan City and Cultural Crossroads.” ...

The education department seeks to inspire all of our audiences to engage with our collection and exhibitions through programs and resources at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa museums. This free ...

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A companion to the Getty's prize-winning exhibition catalogue Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, this volume contains thirteen selected papers ...

This detailed book is a “how-to” guide to building controlled vocabulary tools, cataloging and indexing cultural materials with terms and names from controlled vocabularies, and using vocabularies in ...

This classic work explains the place of conservation and restoration in museums. Long out of print, it is now being published online by the GCI. How to Cite this Work (English) Ward, Philip R. 1986.

With notes and essays by Murtha Baca, Francesca Cappelletti, Helen Glanville, and Nuria Rodríguez Ortega ...

Ancient Iran, historically known as Persia, was the dominant nation of western Asia for over twelve centuries, with three successive native dynasties—the Achaemenid, the Parthian, and the ...

This book provides practical information on the use of infrared (IR) spectroscopy for the analysis of materials found in cultural objects. Designed for scientists and students in the fields of ...

Terry J. Reedy was a consulting statistician from 1979 to 1989 in the Biomathematics Unit of the Center for Ulcer Research and Education in the School of Medicine, University of California at Los ...

Hans Holbein the Younger was born in the German city of Augsburg in late 1497 or early 1498, the second son of the respected painter Hans Holbein the Elder. He launched his career in Switzerland, ...

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