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	Arch. of the Getty Center Ð Publications
		The Getty Center is a summation, and a masterly one." In a type of comment largely missing from architectural journalism, Muchamp observes: "It's not so easy to enter into the life of the mind, but the Getty offers a thoughtful preparation.
		The Getty Center's aloof, yet highly visible, remove from the city prompts the feeling that this is an unapproachable redoubt of high culutre.
		The Getty Center is one of the largest privately funded architectural complexes ever designed and constructed in a single architectural campaign.
	academic.reed.edu /getty/architecture.html (6077 words)

	J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center Museum/Attraction Review Los Angeles Frommers.com
		Headquarters for the Getty Trust's research, education, and conservation concerns, the postmodernist complex -- perched on a hillside in the Santa Monica Mountains and swathed in Italian travertine marble -- is most frequently visited for the museum galleries displaying collector J. Paul Getty's enormous collection of art.
		Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center
		Since opening in 1997, the Richard Meier-designed Getty Center has quickly assumed its place in the L.A. landscape (literally and figuratively) as the city's cultural acropolis and international mecca.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/losangeles/A24989.html (519 words)

	The Getty Center and The J. Paul Getty Museum Floornature
		The Getty Center and The J. Paul Getty Museum
		The Getty Center is located at the foot of the Santa Monica Mountains, on one end of a hill just over three hundred metres high which extends to the south in the direction of the flatlands of Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean.
		The Getty Center is a true miniature city, with spaces, places and constructions set up to reproduce the complexity of an urban construction in terms of layout and volume.
	www.floornature.com /worldaround/articolo.php/art4/10/en (460 words)

	J. Paul Getty Center
		The J. Paul Getty Center houses one of the world’s foremost art organizations on a 110-acre hilltop site surrounded by 600 acres of land preserved in its natural state in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains.
		The landscape, fountains and gardens of the Getty Center are varied and complex, referring to both the natural context of southern California, and the cultural legacy of a new world institution with its roots in the old world.
		At the same, time, the gardens also extend the Getty’s mission of stewardship to the environment as only plants were selected that can thrive in the southern California climate without extraordinary measure for life support in order to meet a water conservation strategy.
	www.asla.org /awards/2003/j_paul_getty_center.htm (492 words)

	Photographers of Genius at the Getty - J. Paul Getty Center - Absolutearts.com
		Photographers of Genius at the Getty, on view from March 16 through July 25, 2004, is the Getty’s spring Premiere Presentation, marking it as one of the most important shows of the year.
		Paul Getty Museum, a new exhibition spotlights the genius of 38 seminal photographers selected from more than 600 represented by in-depth holdings at the Museum.
		Photographers of Genius at the Getty, which commemorates the 20th anniversary of the department of photographs, is dedicated to the vision and accomplishments of 38 of the most important photographers represented in the Getty Museum’s collection.
	www.absolutearts.com /cgi-bin/news/arts-news-elaborate.cgi?output_number=20&find=6448 (970 words)

	Artcom Museums Tour: Getty Center, The, Los Angeles CA
		"When J. Paul Getty decided to re-create an ancient villa to serve as the Museum, he did so because it seemed most appropriate for the Greek and Roman art collection to be displayed in the kind of building in which it might originally have been seen," said Dr. True.
		The gallery space of the new J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center is more than twice that of the present Museum in Malibu.
		Getty Center visitors park in a 1,200-space structure and ascend the hill in an electric tram for the five-minute ride to the central plaza.
	www.artcom.com /Museums/vs/gl/90049-16.htm (4762 words)

	J. Paul Getty Center - Fletcher Construction Company
		Construction of the prestigious Getty Center, a campus-like complex, united the Getty Trust’s Los Angeles based programmes in the visual arts, and provided a second, more central, location for the J. Paul Getty Museum on a 44.5 hectare site in west Los Angeles.
		Prime Minister Jim Bolger’s triumphant tour to the USA included visits to both the original Getty Centre in Malibu and the new US$850 million complex under construction out of Los Angeles.
		The Getty Center, featured regularly in the Quarter, is too vast, too awe-inspiring, too elegantly crafted to be adequately illustrated by wide-angle lens photographs.
	www.fcc.co.nz /project/19 (251 words)

	The Getty Center - Los Angeles
		Funded with an endowment from the J. Paul Getty (read O-I-L) estate, the once small museum in its ersatz Roman villa has metamorphosed into a multifaceted institution involved in conservation, education, and research, as well as collecting great art, particularly painting, antiquities, photography, and decorative arts.
		The Getty Center is a superb experience for the visitor, both for its architecture and for its collections.
		High Museum of Art in particular for its airy, open, light quality.) At the Getty, Meier had the rare architectural opportunity to design a whole complex of buildings in a contained environment.
	www.culturevulture.net /ArtandArch/GettyCenter.htm (523 words)

	8/13/2004 - California Visit Was Trip Of A Lifetime - Travel - Chattanoogan.com
		In 1983 the J. Paul Getty Trust purchased about 750 acres in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains.
		The amount used to build Getty Center is 16,000 tons, which is 1 million square feet.
		The smooth stone used to build the Center is travertine from Bagni di Tivoli, Italy.
	www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_54104.asp (4678 words)

	CRANIA: The Troubled Mind
		The Getty Center was built with the legacy of a fabulously wealthy businessman, the members of its board are men and women of wealth and privilege, and who presumably feel comfortable with an architecture expressive of those qualities.
		The separate buildings of the center are ranged around a spacious courtyard, and up close they disclose their central decorative element, large squares of rough-hewn Italian travertine set with enough space between that both line and texture are distinct.
		It imposed itself upon the eye and the mind susceptible to the question of why human beings have so blithely embraced the idea that the natural world is something to be defeated, to be detached from daily life, to be scraped and gouged and hidden by things of enormous size and height.
	home.comcast.net /~lrsilagi/Crania/crania/issue5/troubledmind.html (3461 words)

	deviantART: News: The J. Paul Getty Center Hosts Four New Exhibits!
		The J. Paul Getty Center, Beverly Hills, CA, is currently hosting four new and separate exhibitions, that include photography, sculpture, paintings and stained glass.
		The Getty Center doesn't charge an entrance fee, but there is a $5 fee for parking.
		The Getty is truly incredible, even if you don't see the art, the buildings architecture is amazing in itself.
	news.deviantart.com /article/11731 (507 words)

	J. Paul Getty Museum
		Getty Center opening: The Getty Center, scheduled to open in December, 1997, unites the J. Paul Getty Trust's museum, institutes, and grant program on one site in Los Angeles.
		The Getty Villa in Malibu, a recreation of a first-century A.D. Roman country home, currently houses the J. Paul Getty Museum.
		Read more about the Getty (J. Paul) Museum in the Resource Library
	www.tfaoi.com /articles/gettya.htm (299 words)

	Urinals of the J. Paul Getty Museum
		The J. Paul Getty Museum is a museum of Fine Arts located in Los Angeles, CA These urinals can be found at the entrance to the museum, where you board a tram that takes the visitors from the parking garage to the museum and the gardens
		And this urinal is located in the East Pavillion building of the museum, which houses 18th century european paintings and sculptures
	www.urinal.net /getty (67 words)

	J Paul Getty Museum [ June 20, 2004 ]
		J Paul Getty Museum [ June 20, 2004 ]
	booniewillow.tripod.com /Getty (9 words)

	Getty Exhibit: 'Pictures for the Press' - Sept. 29, 2004 - PCC-CourierOnline
		Socially conscious art that documents the mood of its time is displayed in the J. Paul Getty Center exhibit "Pictures for the Press."
		"Pictures for the Press" will be at the J. Paul Getty Center, located at 1200 Getty Center Drive in Los Angeles, through Jan. 22.
		In an age when television has just about replaced the printed page as the medium through which a majority of Americans get their news, the freeze-frame still quality of the prints in the Getty is refreshing.
	www.pcc-courieronline.com /092905/arts/getty.html (608 words)

	BUILDING BIG: Databank: J. Paul Getty Center
		Today, the Getty Center boasts two main attractions: the J. Paul Getty Center Museum and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities.
		After 14 years of planning, design, and construction, the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles opened to the public in December of 1997.
		An enormous visual arts complex consisting of six major buildings of various geometric shapes, the Getty Center is truly an engineering marvel.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/j_paul_getty.html (205 words)

	Getty, J. Paul
		Paul Getty - J. Paul Getty Age: 70 philanthropist and an heir to the Getty oil fortune.
		Jean Paul Getty - Getty, Jean Paul, 1892–1976, American business executive, one of the richest men in the world...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0156756.html (55 words)

	J. Paul Getty Center - Los Angeles - Reviews of J. Paul Getty Center - TripAdvisor
		"J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center" Frommer's
		I was privileged to be at the Getty Center during its opening ceremony.
		The Getty Center is "must-see" attraction whenever you are in LA. The buildings, plazas and gardens are...
	www.tripadvisor.com /Attraction_Review-g32655-d147966-Reviews-J_Paul_Getty_Center-Los_Angeles_California.html (930 words)

	olinpartnership
		The J. Paul Getty Center brings together the diverse programs and collections of the J. Paul Getty Trust on a 110 acre hilltop site in West Los Angeles.
		Our experience working on the Getty Center demonstrates our ability to work closely with a client and architect to provide for a series of complex programs and client groups in an artful way.
		Finally, the native chaparral that surrounds the Getty Center will be preserved in its natural state.
	www.olinptr.com /project_past_museum1.html (257 words)

	Brentwood California - West Los Angeles Neighborhood - Zip code 90049
		Brentwood is also home to the J. Paul Getty Center.
		Just a short drive away from the Getty Center, the Skirball Cultural Center is an institution dedicated to deepening the appreciation of Jewish American culture.
		The six-building center, designed by architect Richard Meier, offers extensive formal and informal gardens, a site-specific park created by artist Robert Irwin, and 600 surrounding acres of land preserved in its natural state.
	www.bwparkretreat.com (547 words)

	Tour Getty Center Los Angeles Vacation Adventure - California Travel Guide - Museum Library Tourism - Getty Center Los Angeles Webguide - Tour California City Guide
		Getty Center - One of the world's largest art institutions is located in the Sepulveda Pass.
		From its perch overlooking I-405 and the Sepulveda Pass, the Getty Center was one of the biggest art institutions in the world.
		The Getty Center houses a massive collection of pre-20th century art, European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, decorative arts and photographs.
	www.maintour.com /socal/lacgetty.htm (711 words)

	artnet.com Magazine Reviews - Paths of Photography
		"Three Roads Taken: The Photographs of Paul Strand" and "The Photographs of Frederick Sommer: A Centennial Tribute," May 10-Sept. 4, 2005, at the J. Paul Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, Ca.
		The Getty's new survey is the first since the extensive retrospective organized in 1990 by the National Gallery of Art.
		This exhibition of 37 photographs selected from the Getty's own collection includes black-and-white prints featuring the isolated body parts of chickens (obtained from the local butcher), as well photos of the Arizona landscape rendered as patterns of cacti and stone, without a horizon line.
	www.artnet.com /Magazine/reviews/drohojowska-philp/drohojowska-philp6-14-05.asp (1055 words)

	City of Santa Clarita, CA - SHERIFF'S/CITY TOY DRIVE KICKS OFF!
		The City of Santa Clarita invites residents of all ages to visit the most exciting museum in Southern California, the J. Paul Getty Center.
		"The J. Paul Getty Center is a must see for everyone in the area," explains Pat Dowing.
		Join in the fun of experiencing the Getty Centers beautiful gardens, buildings, views and artworks that make the center so popular.
	www.santa-clarita.com /cityhall/cmo/press/archives/012301d.htm (190 words)

	PRA - Tours
		The Getty Museum was recently transformed into the much-anticipated J. Paul Getty Center, a 110-acre, six-building comprehensive art complex situated in the Santa Monica mountains.
		TREASURES OF THE J. As the crowning jewel of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the original museum was created entirely for the benefit of the public and is devoted to the visual arts.
		The Huntington Library and Gardens are an educational and cultural center serving both scholars and the general public.
	www.pra.com /services/tours.asp?offid=1004 (645 words)

	USA Museums: The Getty Center
		Address: The J. Paul Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, suite 1000, LA, CA 90049-1687
		The Getty Center is located in the foothills of Santa Monica Mountains, overlooking Los Angeles, California with spectacular views.
		The center is open throughout the year, except on Mondays and holidays.
	www.caroun.com /Museums/USAMuseum/USAM-CA/Getty.html (148 words)

	DAILY BRUIN ONLINE
		In "Walker Evans: New York," a new exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Center, Evans' portraits of anonymous New Yorkers from the 1920s through '60s draws stories from the faces of his unwitting subjects living in a city that constantly builds and destroys itself.
		ART: "Walker Evans: New York" is open for viewing at the J. Paul Getty Museum through Oct. 11.
		But it is the common work performed by the common people that fascinated the late photo-documentarian Walker Evans' shutterbug eye.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/printable.asp?id=13327&date=8/3/1998 (665 words)

	Jim's Photos from LA: The Getty
		Here are some pictures of the J. Paul Getty Center.
		If you've never been to it, the Getty Center is a very rich collection of art and antiquities located in the hills near LA. This location is new and is architecturally interesting.
		In early March 2000 I took a week long trip to LA and San Diego.
	hoagland.org /photos/LASD0300/page2.html (140 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: American Icons: Transatlantic Perspectives on Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century American Art
		Paul Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities
		Paul Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities (Corporate Author), Heinz Ickstadt (Editor)
		Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0892362472 (332 words)

	J. Paul Getty Museum
		View the newest additions to the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection.
		Learn about the Getty Museum at the Getty Center, the Getty Villa, and how to contact us.
		Browse or search many of the works of art on display at the Getty, or learn about exhibitions and new acquisitions.
	www.getty.edu /museum (109 words)

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