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This completely revised edition of the handbook highlights the collections at the new J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, including the newest acquisitions. Three hundred works are reproduced, each with information about content and style, to help enhance appreciation and insight for the general reader and museum visitor alike. An introduction by Museum Director John Walsh traces the fascinating history of the Museum through its move to its new location at the Getty Center.
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This completely revised and expanded Handbook of the Collections celebrates the opening of the new J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center. It begins with an essay tracing the history of one of the world's most fascinating private museums and the life of its billionaire founder, J. Paul Getty. Accompanying a lively text are 375 color photographs of the best and most beautiful objects in the Museum's seven collections: antiquities, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, drawings, decorative arts, sculpture, and photographs.
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