Materials and Techniques
The Dancing Faun, John the Baptist, Victorious Youth
What is bronze?
The color of the famous iris in Vincent van Gogh's famous painting.
What is white?
Joseph Roulin wore this type of uniform for his portrait. Vincent van Gogh rang him more than twice for sittings.
What is a postal worker uniform?
Most of my monies were earned in this business.
What is oil?
Scrolling through some facts about the Getty Villa, one learns that its inspiration was drawn from this first-century compound.
What is the Villa de Papiri?
The Boxers, Portrait of Camillo Rospigliosi, Medusa
What is mosaic?
Being taken down the garden path is the theme of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's delightful painting of this title.
What is The Promenade?
Wood or woodn’t you know, I am wide-eyed, open–mouthed and stand 5’9” tall.
Who is Saint Gines de la Jara?
Sculptor Pier Gabriele Vangelli made busts of J Paul and wife Louise-Teddy Getty Gaston. Teddy’s is at the Ranch House, and J Paul’s sits here.
What is the Center Entrance Hall?
If any deeper, this 220-foot feature at the Villa would require a different kind of guard.
What is the Outer Peristyle Garden pool?
Travertine; Glass; Aluminum
What are the primary architectural materials of the Getty Center?
This color still appears in Claude Monet's Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, in 1869, but is exiled from his palette shortly thereafter.
What is black?
I made red-heels famous before Monsieur Vuitton.
Who is Louis XIV?
Offering my hand in marriage? Let me count. I married this many times.
What is five?
Ide heard that the Villa was believed to be owned at one time by the father-in-law to this Roman ruler. Et tu?
Who is Julius Caesar?
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico; Migrant Mother; Tulips, NYC
What is gelatin silver prints?
Seasons are important to several Impressionist paintings, including Camille Pissarro's, which features a student heading off to school during this season.
What is autumn or fall?
Few are bored to learn that Joseph Ducreux was interested in physiognomy, even though his self-portrait shows him doing this.
What is yawning?
Jean Paul was born on this day in 1892.
What is December 15?
When the Villa site underwent remodeling starting in 1997, the Boston architects Machado and Silvetti used outdoor materials horizontally to represent this geological formation.
What is strata?
Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Pomegranate; Hunting on the Lagoon, Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus
What is oil on panel?
I currently have the largest range of painted subjects amongst my Impressionist contemporaries on view at the Center - including a portrait, still life, landscape and allegorical painting.
Who is Paul Cézanne?
Édouard Manet’s Spring has another name, that of this young actress.
Who is Jeanne Demarsy?
After completing my studies at this university, I set out on a Grand Tour of Europe, between 1913 and 1914.
What is Oxford University?
This man, famously fit into the circle and square by Leonardo Da Vinci, wrote 10 books containing the underlying principles on which the Villa dei Papirii was built.
Who is Vitruvius?