Getty Research Journal, No. 5

The Getty Research Journal publishes the original research underway at the Getty and seeks to foster an environment of collaborative scholarship among art historians, museum curators, and conservators. Articles explore the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and Research Institute, as well as the annual themes and ongoing research projects of the Research Institute. Shorter texts highlight new acquisitions and discoveries, and focus on the diverse tools for scholarship being developed at the Getty.

This issue features essays on early modern alchemy; portraits of the Orsini family; a decorative design for a Borghese palace; the Eruditi Italiani archive; the collecting habits of Louis-Philippe, duc dOrlans; Flix Bracquemonds sketches of the Paris Commune; the art dealer David Croal Thomson; the Russian avant-garde book Mirskontsa; Malvina Hoffmans Heads and Tales; and Yves Klein at Galerie Schmela. In a new section about tools of art historical scholarship, authors discuss the Spanish translation of the Art & Architecture Thesaurus and the creative potential of digital architectural taxonomies. Short texts examine ancient Roman terracotta fragments, prints by Albrecht Drer, designs for the Palacio Salvo in Montevideo, the textile collection of Ulrich Middeldorf, a New York pottery happening, and the German writer Christa Wolf.

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220 pages
7 x 10 inches
49 color and 45 b/w illustrations
ISBN 978-1-60606-136-7
ISSN 1944-8740
paperback

Getty Publications
Imprint: Getty Research Institute

2013