Art Lover's Dream
Topic: Field Trip
Before planning our trip to California, I had never heard of the Getty Center. Hubby was the one who added it to our itinerary. SO glad he did!
Many years ago I took college courses called Survey of Art 101 and 102. Through the photos in the textbook and the slide shows (in a darkened room, just after lunch - zzzzzz) I was exposed to the great artists and their works thoughout history. I have since always desired to tour the Louvre, the National Gallery in Washington, DC, or the National Gallery in London. I just wanted to see the brushstrokes for myself.
What I did not know was that the Getty Center is considered to be among the top 25 museums in the world... and I got to go there!
Not knowing the scope of the collection we did not leave ourselves nearly enough time so we only saw about 1/4 of the permanent collection and none of the special collections, sculpture gardens, or botanical gardens.
In the galleries, nothing was roped off, so you could stand with your face literally inches from the surface of a noted artist's work and see every dot of color and every brushstroke. Here are some of those I photographed (a couple I have lost the artist info).
There was one room of just illuminated manuscripts.
Sculptures included a Rodin:
...and several by Degas:
I don't have info on the scultors of these figures:
Among my favorite paintings are these by
Goya:
Camut:
Monet:
2 by Renoir:
Sargent:
and my dream viewing - Van Gogh:
Standing in front of these magnificent works (and many more) was a thrill and we have promised ourselves we will be back to spend more than one day exploring this place in detail.
Ddd
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