Since the 1970s sustainability has evolved as a significant mode of thought in nearly every field of intellectual activity. In 1992 the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio ...

Discover the power of images through the photography of Graciela Iturbide. Born in Mexico, Iturbide blazed her own path in the photography scene of the 1970s to become one of the most accomplished ...

Sixteen architectural drawings once owned by architect and designer Eileen Gray comprise the archive. Original drawings and reprographic prints for three of Gray's own architectural projects form the ...

Format: Virtual, Zoom - Students can join via Zoom from classrooms or homes, with teachers required to remain present throughout the program. Session Availability: Monday through Friday starting ...

Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières (1721–circa 1793) emerges today as one of the more fascinating and influential architects of the French Enlightenment. Much admired by his contemporaries for his large ...

This digital resource is a gateway to the David Tudor papers and related collections at the Getty Research Institute, providing links to online library records and collection finding aids. It ...

Ancient Mesopotamia, centered in present-day Iraq, occupies a unique place in the history of human culture. It is there, around 3400–3000 BC, that all the key elements of urban civilization first ...

This two-day symposium, part of the Panel Paintings Initiative and hosted by the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, highlighted recent developments in ...

Edited by Erik Risser and David Saunders, with contributions by Andrea Milanese, Carol C. Mattusch, Luigia Melillo, Salvatore Siano, Sophie Descamps-Lequime, Benoît Mille, Dominique Robcis, Nathalie ...

Enhance students' understanding of artists, art history, materials, and techniques with interactive Web pages, online games, activities, and videos. Enliven your classroom teaching with select ...

This is the final report on the conservation of the wall paintings in the tomb of Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens, Egypt. This highly successful collaborative venture launched by the Getty ...

In 1828 a young architect, Heinrich Hübsch, published a polemical study in which he suggested that the rapid technological progress of the early nineteenth century, combined with changed living habits ...