Books in the Getty Publications - (Yale) series

The remains of the ancient city of Pompei have provided archaeologists with evidence into the daily life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. This title takes a look at how ancient Romans interacted in their public squares, how they worshipped and spent their leisure time - at the theatre, in the gyms, and in the baths and brothels.

An exploration of Greek theatre as seen through its many depictions in classical art. It addresses the vibrant imprint that ancient Greek tragedy and comedy left on the visual arts of classical Greece.

This series offers a range of heretofore unavailable writings in English translation on the subjects of art, architecture, and aesthetics.Hubsch's argument that the technical progress and changed living habits of the nineteenth century rendered neoclassical principles antiquated is presented here along with responses to his essay by architects, historians, and critics over two decades.

Offers an illustrated overview of the evolution of two very different strains of modern Japanese photography. This book explores these two divergent paths through the work of two remarkable figures: Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto.

Rather than offering a chronological discussion, this book presents early Netherlandish paintings as individual objects that have confronted scholars with countless interpretive challenges. Divided into three parts, it advances the scholarly dialogue about an important period in European art, by assembling scholarly research in the field.

In this volume 12 contributors present their responses to the world's newest major city - Los Angeles. A variety of perspectives and approaches are covered. As a whole, the text attempts to balance the importance of place with the importance of culture.

In eight decades photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo created works of art that display an array of styles and themes. This volume contains 50 images with extended commentaries on each by Robert Tejada, a curator and critic. There is also a transcript of a symposium on Manuel Alvarez Bravo.

This volume is devoted to the smaller and more unusually-shaped works of Carleton E. Watkins, many of which have not been published before. The book also contains an overview of his life, and an edited transcript of a colloquium on his career.

This children's book takes a tour through the Getty Museum, adjacent gardens, conservation laboratories and other sites at the Getty Center. It features the colourful, humorous characters Milli Ennium, Quincy and their cohorts.

A collection of photographs by the German photographer August Sander. The book contains 55 plates with commentaries on each by Claudia Bohn-Spector. The book includes an edited transcription of a colloquium on Sander's life and work, and a timeline of milestones in his life.

This is the catalogue of an exhibit of work by 11 artists who used an object in the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection or an experience at the Getty as a basis for their own creative work. It includes photographs of the artists at work in their studios, along with examples of their past work.

This is a companion volume to "Seismic Stabilization of Historic Adode Structures: Final Report of the Getty Seismic Adode Project", and it offers guidance for planners, architects and engineers in the retrofitting of historic and culturally significant adode structures.

This work pairs Mark Doty's elegy to his friend, Lynda Hull, with visual details of Murano glass. The poem originally appeared in "Sweet Machine" published by Harper Flamingo in 1998. The Murano glass is from the Getty collection.

An examination of Bernardo Bellotto's "View of the Grand Canal", a visual record of life in 18th-century Venice. The volume presents the painting in a series of details that allow the reader to examine it closely and the book jacket opens to become a small poster of the entire painting.

A study of the work of William Henry Fox Talbot, who is credited with being the inventor of photography as we know it. It reproduces 50 of his photographs from the Getty Museum's collection, along with commentary on each. There is also an edited transcript of a colloquium on Talbot's career.

Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) - court physician to the King of Saxony - was a naturalist, amateur painter and theoretician of landscape painting, whose "Nine Letters on Landscape Painting" is an important document of early German Romanticism and an appeal for the integration of art and science.

Archaeological sites world-wide are threatened by different forces. This volume reports on the proceedings of a workshop held to discuss challenges faced by archaeological sites in the Mediterranean and to examine management planning methods that might generate effective conservation strategies.

Museums worldwide face the challenge of finding non-toxic methods to control insect pests. This manual focuses on practical rather than theoretical issues in the use of oxygen-free environments. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the text, along with an index with terms linked to the text.

The Swiss scholar Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) was one of the first great historians of culture and art. In his manuscript on the genres of Italian Renaissance painting - still unpublished in the original German and published here in English for the first time - Burckhardt assayed a transformative approach to the study of art history.

In his 'History of Early Rome', the ancient historian Livy tells the story of a Roman girl named Cloelia who was taken prisoner by Larth Porsena, the king of the Etruscans. 'Brave Cloelia' tells this exciting and true story.

Born in Brussels and trained by his grandmother, Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) was called "Velvet Brueghel" for his skill at painting rich and delicate textures. The story of Noah's ark provided a subject well suited to Brueghel's abilities. In his painting, a few curious villagers standbeside a stream, which foreshadows the coming deluge, and watch as Noah herds ostriches, goats, camels, and other exotic animals toward the ark. Next to a prancing white stallion, a lion and lioness chase each other's tails, while a pair of leopards frolic under the watchful eye of a bull. Brueghelhas created a delightful scene celebrating the beauty and variety of creation. This monograph takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Brueghel's fascinating paradise landscape, exploring Renaissance zoology, religious views on nature, and the culture of collecting and cataloguing animals and natural specimens. The volume is brilliantly illustrated with paintingsof landscapes and animals by artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Peter Paul Rubens, and Lucas Cranach the Elder as well as by Brueghel himself. It presents an overview of the tradition of this type of painting and discusses both the cultural context and the artist's background, crucial to understandingBrueghel's approach to nature.

A reference on all known aspects of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman cults and rituals. It delivers both a sweeping overview and an in-depth investigation from Homeric times (1000 BCE) to late Roman times (AD 400). It also includes illustrated scholarly articles that treat such topics as processions, sacrifices, libations, dedications, music, and dance.

During the reign of the Roman Empire, many of the town houses and rural estates in North Africa were decorated with beautiful mosaics. These works were especially widespread in Tunisia. This volume is structured around 4 themes - Nature, Theatre and Spectacle, Gods and Myths, and Technique - and features 27 mosaics from Tunisia's museums.

Chronically associates artistic maturity either with transcendence, degeneration, or irrelevance. This volume looks to the non-representational arts of music, abstract painting and sculpture, and architecture for fresh insight into the juncture of aesthetics and mortality.

This book is designed for conservators, scientists, and preservation architects in the field of stone conservation and will also serve as an indispensable introduction to the subject for students of art conservation and historic preservation.