J. Paul Getty Trust

The J. Paul Getty Museum, more popularly known as “The Getty”, is recognized as one of the best free museums in the world. With over 1,700,000 satisfied visitors just last year it is obvious that this is a correct claim. There are two locations associated with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in Malibu. The Getty Center is known for their collection of European paintings, drawings, sculptures and illuminated manuscripts. The collection has many famous pieces of art with works from Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Vincent van Gogh. The museum is dedicated to the study of the arts and offers many public programs. With multiple outdoor exhibits conservation is a main concern at The Getty. To understand…

Have you ever found yourself saying, “something just doesn’t feel right!” or to some degree along those lines? The book “Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking” by Malcolm Gladwell starts out with a similar feeling. Blink opens with the introduction of “The Statute That Didn’t Look Right”, September 1983 an art dealer named Gianfranco entered the Getty Museum located in California. With him he had a brilliantly preserved piece of work that measured near seven feet tall, with a price tag…

The sculptural portrait of Faustina the Elder is made of marble and was sculpted between the years of 140 and 160 A.D. She is a Roman piece by an unknown artist, and is housed in the Getty Villa. Faustina is composed of strong lines and shapes to draw the viewer into the vertical dominant composition. Multiple forms break down into triangular shapes that bring the eye up and down the length of the piece, in order to add some movement to her otherwise static pose. Faustina the Elder stands…

A. Different museums in the L.A. area i. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art was first established in 1910 in Exposition Park and in 1965 it was opened to the public in its new Wilshire Boulevard location. Since 1965, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has been devoted to collecting works of art is both historic and geographic. Today the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection that includes over 120,000 artworks dating from…

be owned by a women, who had an average waist size. Meanwhile, on the gold soldi coins contain have,“Five different emperors from the Roman Empire that included,Constans(337-350 A.D.) to Theodosius(379-395 A.D.),but all but one were minted in the eastern Roman Empire throughout the 4th century Adovstionus (Christianity) (Getty Villa Website)”. The belt was said to be owned by a woman ,who had not converted to Christianity yet. Additionally, the Coin Belt expresses a mood of well off people…

Malcolm Gladwell in his book, Blink, suggests that thin-slicing suggests that spontaneous decisions are either better of just as good as carefully planned and considered decisions. Gladwell supports his claim by using examples of how normal, every-day people have had experiences with thin-slicing. Gladwell’s purpose is to use examples of regular people and their experiences with thin-slicing in order to persuade readers that intuitive judgment is developed by experience, training, and knowledge.…

Blink, Malcolm Gladwell mentions, “We thin-slice because we have to, and we come to rely on that ability because there are lots of hidden fists out there, lots of situations where careful attention to the details of a very thin slice, even for no more than a second or two, can tell us an awful lot.” (Gladwell). People usually say that a quick decision-making is unreliable and never has a good outcome to it. But according to Malcolm Gladwell – “Decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good…

as the ESSA do no place enough emphasis on this. The failure to protect the arts will result in lost economic stimulation. More research and data is need to highlight this important factor and should be a determinant when deciding state budgets issues and long term economic growth. In addition to economic growth, art incorporated educations have proved to enhance a students overall educational performance. Multiple studies have shown the positive correlation between art and education. Prior to…