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Oct 07
2011

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Illuminated Manuscript

The Acclaimed Getty Center Holds One of the Larger European Artwork Collections in the United States

The renowned Getty Center, situated in the pictorial mountains of Santa Monica, CA, displays one of the larger European artwork collations in the United States. The Getty Museum's ever growing collection is shared between the Getty Center and the Getty Villa, the original Getty Museum and home of J. Paul Getty in Malibu, CA. The permanent collection contains more than 44,000 art objects, covering over 5000 years of world history and covers European paintings, sketches, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and American and European photography. The Getty Center was finally opened in 1998 after ten years of construction and an estimated $3B dollars in design and construction costs. The majestic museum structure is made up of numerous modernly-styled buildings that surround an open courtyard, a pavilion, and a central garden. In addition to the museum, the Getty Center is home to the Getty Research Institute and Getty Conservation Institute.

The Getty Center was made possible through funding received from the J. Paul Getty Trust, the richest art organization in the world with a net worth of over $4.2 billion dollars. Paul Getty viewed art as a civilizing influence and believed the fine arts should be made accessible to the public and enjoyed by all. Since the trust was started in 1953, the original Getty Museum, located in Paul Getty's ranch house in Malibu, CA, went through a series of remodels and building improvements. In 1982, The Getty Trust finalized their decision to augment the original museum with a second location, and in the preceding year, the land site in the mountains above Los Angeles was acquired for the Getty Center. In 1998, the Getty Center opened its doors to the public and now displays a large share of the Getty art collection.

Visitors to the Getty Center should cover at least the most famous artworks of its art collection. Vincent Van Gogh's Irises was created during the artists stay at the St Remy mental hospital in France. Van Gogh referred to this masterpiece as "the lightning conductor for my illness" and was one of his final paintings leading up to his death. Arii Matamoe or "The Royal End" is a painting of a decapitated human head situated in an ornate room by French painter, Paul Gauguin, who was well known for his artworks involving death and anti-Imperialism in his artworks. The Portrait of a Halberdier, a painting by Florentine Renaissance illustrator, Potornmo, is a fine example of the artist's portrayal of his human subjects that appear to hover in the air. Another famous work is Albrecht Durer's Stag Bettle, a masterpiece painted with incredible detail of the insect's body. Durer, a true Renaissance. Lastly, the Stanheim Missal is one of the most finely preserved hand-written, Christian manuscripts in possesion from the 12th century Saxony.
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