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Getty Villa & Center, October 17-18, 2022

We visit the Getty Villa and Getty Center. The Villa is a replica of a Roman villa buried in Herculaneum when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, and holds Getty's Greek and Roman art.
The Getty Center is a spectacular collection of modern buildings overlooking Los Angeles, with a comprehensive collection of Western Art.


View from Outer Peristyle

In the Atrium

Entering the Inner Peristyle

Stone "window" in the Basilica

Stone "window" in the Basilica



Inner Peristyle

Inner Peristyle

Hercules





Fragment of a Greek head

East Garden

German Iris

Moon

Inner Peristyle

Inner Peristyle

Inner Peristyle

Victorius Athelete aka The Getty Bronze

Ceiling detail

Outer Peristyle

Outer Peristyle

Outer Peristyle

Pomegranates

Moon

German Iris

German Iris

Outer Peristyle

Outer Peristyle



Outer Peristyle

Outer Peristyle

Outer Peristyle



Outer Peristyle

Outer Peristyle

Outer Peristyle

Pomegranate

View from Outer Peristyle

Herb Garden

Herb Garden

Lily pads and koi

Pine tree by Herb Garden

Pine tree by Herb Garden

Pine tree by Herb Garden

Pine tree by Herb Garden

Shadows and light

Inner Peristyle

Outer Peristyle

Roman Boy with Grapes

Shadows

Herb Garden

Outer Peristyle

Pine tree by Herb Garden

View from the Getty Museum

Giambologna Female Figure

Admiring the view...

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Rembrandt - the Rape of Europa

Rembrandt



View from the Getty

View from the Getty

The Grand Canal by Canaletto

The Grand Canal by Francesco Guardi

Pastel portrait

Caspar David Friedrich

Alfred Sisley

The Central Garden

The Boulder Fountain

In the fountain...



Ink landscape by Rembrandt



Moon

View from the Getty

View from the Getty

Cactus Garden

Cactus Garden

Cactus Garden

Cactus Garden

Cactus Garden

Cactus Garden

Pale Moon



View from the Getty

Shadows

Bouganvillea "tree"

View from the Central Garden

The Central Garden

Bouganvillea "trees"





The Central Garden

Pomegranates



Eryngium

Dahlia





Celosia

Dahlias +

The Getty Museum entrance hall

Getty Museum

California sycamore trees

Downstairs

Getty Museum Entrance

WARNING!

Actual wildlife seen...



Along the walk down...

Along the walk down...

Along the walk down...

Looking back at the Getty...



By the tram station

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