{"id":2481,"date":"2009-07-24T19:17:06","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T02:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2013-04-27T06:31:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T13:31:43","slug":"the-getty-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/07\/24\/the-getty-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Getty Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-2481\">\n<p>After driving home from ComicCon 2009, we decided to visit the Getty Museum, since Nathan, my son, had never been there.\u00c2\u00a0 Its a picturesque large museum overlooking Los Angeles; the Getty has the largest art conservatorship in the United States.\u00c2\u00a0 Aviva and I have been to the Getty Museum before to see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=742\">Bernini and Illuminated Manuscripts<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<p>They always have a gallery with a book exhibit &#8211; this time was a collection of illuminations, which I find amazing.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometime I&#8217;d like to do a WordPress theme based on an illuminated manuscript theme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/07\/24\/the-getty-museum\/davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit.jpg?fit=563%2C466&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"563,466\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;BlackBerry 8310&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit.jpg?fit=563%2C466&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2478 colorbox-2481\" title=\"davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit-300x248.jpg?resize=300%2C248\" alt=\"davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit.jpg?resize=150%2C124&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/davidandgoliathfromilluminationsexhibit.jpg?w=563&amp;ssl=1 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>David and Goliath<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There were two notable paintings in the museum&#8217;s collection that we saw:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/theadorationofthemagiandreamantegna1500.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2479\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/07\/24\/the-getty-museum\/theadorationofthemagiandreamantegna1500\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/theadorationofthemagiandreamantegna1500.jpg?fit=398%2C309&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"398,309\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;BlackBerry 8310&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"theadorationofthemagiandreamantegna1500\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>The Adoration of the Magi<\/strong> by Andrea Mantegna, 1500<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/stlukesimonemartini1330s.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/07\/24\/the-getty-museum\/stlukesimonemartini1330s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/stlukesimonemartini1330s.jpg?fit=278%2C421&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"278,421\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;BlackBerry 8310&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stlukesimonemartini1330s\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/stlukesimonemartini1330s.jpg?fit=278%2C421&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2480 colorbox-2481\" title=\"stlukesimonemartini1330s\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/stlukesimonemartini1330s-198x300.jpg?resize=198%2C300\" alt=\"stlukesimonemartini1330s\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/stlukesimonemartini1330s.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/stlukesimonemartini1330s.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/stlukesimonemartini1330s.jpg?w=278&amp;ssl=1 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>St. Luke<\/strong> by Simone Martini, 1330s<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-2481\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 2481);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-2481\" class=\"translate_loading 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