Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...
I was fortunate enough to volunteer at the museum for several months while in high school, working in the Ranch House where Mr. Getty once lived, behind the villa. It is one thing to see Greek and ...
Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images In fact, says Briant, there’s a simple reason why, 2,000 years ...
The Getty Villa, located in the Pacific Palisades ... One firefighter, Erin Alexander, said the fires were “like I've never seen.” “We put one fire out and another right down the way ...
more than a dozen Getty staffers used emergency preparation tactics to help save the Getty Villa from going up in flames. Now, other museums want to know how they did it. Why now: The L.A. fires ...
Understandably, the Villa is temporarily closed ... if perhaps slightly younger than, Macedonian Alexander the Great. Metalwork was a highly refined practice in Thrace, evidenced throughout ...