Ancient Mesopotamia, centered in present-day Iraq, occupies a unique place in the history of human culture. It is there, around 3400–3000 BC, that all the key elements of urban civilization first ...

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This digital resource is a gateway to the David Tudor papers and related collections at the Getty Research Institute, providing links to online library records and collection finding aids. It ...

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In the early 1970s, David Antin became known for talking. A well-regarded poet, Antin began appearing at poetry readings with a tape recorder but without anything to read, speaking off the top of his ...

Joan Aruz examines the history and endurance of the Palmyrene people in “Palmyra: Caravan City and Cultural Crossroads.” ...

Joan Aruz examines the history and endurance of the Palmyrene people in “Palmyra: Caravan City and Cultural Crossroads.” ...

Explore The Drawing Lesson Get another record The Drawing Lesson (verso), about 1665, The Drawing Lesson. The J. Paul Getty Museum Explore A Wooded Landscape Get another record A Wooded Landscape ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 destroyed yet paradoxically preserved the city of Pompeii and neighboring towns. Seemingly frozen in time, they are often considered the places where we can ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 destroyed yet paradoxically preserved the city of Pompeii and neighboring towns. Seemingly frozen in time, they are often considered the places where we can ...

The appearance of this twentieth issue of the Getty Research Journal marks its first year as an open-access publication. Freely accessible to anyone with an internet connection in web, PDF, and e-book ...

Science and art combine in this captivating, lushly illustrated biography of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), one of the world’s first entomologists, who was also a botanist, naturalist, and ...