Medievalists.net » Getty http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 What’s New for History Lovers at the Getty http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/01/whats-new-for-history-lovers-at-the-getty/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/01/whats-new-for-history-lovers-at-the-getty/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2015 02:49:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62206 Danielle Trynoski takes a look at two new exhibitions at the Getty Centre - Eat, Drink, and Be Merry and The Edible Monument - with curators Christine Sciacca and Marcia Reed

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/01/whats-new-for-history-lovers-at-the-getty/feed/ 0 Beautiful 15th century sculpture now on display at the Getty Museum http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/02/beautiful-15th-century-sculpture-now-on-display-at-the-getty-museum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/02/beautiful-15th-century-sculpture-now-on-display-at-the-getty-museum/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:40:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61491 The Getty Museum is now showing its latest acquisition - a rare medieval alabaster sculpture of Saint Philip by the Master of the Rimini Altarpiece.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/02/beautiful-15th-century-sculpture-now-on-display-at-the-getty-museum/feed/ 0 Touching the Past: The Hand and the Medieval Book http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/17/touching-the-past-the-hand-and-the-medieval-book/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/17/touching-the-past-the-hand-and-the-medieval-book/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:40:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60431 Touching the Past: The Hand and the Medieval Book invites visitors to get in touch. Well, not literally since we’re discussing medieval manuscripts, but the exhibition wants viewers to consider the tactile side of books and manuscripts

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/17/touching-the-past-the-hand-and-the-medieval-book/feed/ 0 Renaissance Splendors in L.A. http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/03/renaissance-splendors-in-l-a/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/03/renaissance-splendors-in-l-a/#comments Sun, 03 May 2015 23:02:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58004 Danielle Trynoski takes in the new Renaissance Splendors of the Northern Italian Courts exhibit at the Getty Center in Lost Angeles

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/03/renaissance-splendors-in-l-a/feed/ 0 Getty Museum opens Renaissance Splendors of the Northern Italian Courts exhibition http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/01/getty-museum-opens-renaissance-splendors-of-the-northern-italian-courts-exhibition/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/01/getty-museum-opens-renaissance-splendors-of-the-northern-italian-courts-exhibition/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2015 16:36:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57304 The J. Paul Getty Museum has opened its newest exhibition - Renaissance Splendors of the Northern Italian Courts - which brings together 25 works including illuminated manuscripts, paintings and drawings that showcases the beautiful artistic production taking place in cities such as Milan and Ferrara during the 15th century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/01/getty-museum-opens-renaissance-splendors-of-the-northern-italian-courts-exhibition/feed/ 0 Northumberland Bestiary now online http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/05/northumberland-bestiary-now-online/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/05/northumberland-bestiary-now-online/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:15:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55242 The Getty Museum has recently digitized and made available the Northumberland Bestiary, a 13th century manuscript containing descriptions and images of animals and beasts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/05/northumberland-bestiary-now-online/feed/ 0 Gift Giving in the Middle Ages – new exhibition at The Getty http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/23/gift-giving-middle-ages-new-exhibition-getty/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/23/gift-giving-middle-ages-new-exhibition-getty/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 06:07:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54977 Just in time for the holidays, Give and Ye Shall Receive: Gift Giving in the Middle Ages, is now on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/23/gift-giving-middle-ages-new-exhibition-getty/feed/ 0 12th-century Byzantine manuscript returned to Greece http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/12th-century-byzantine-manuscript-returned-greece/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/12th-century-byzantine-manuscript-returned-greece/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:15:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52627 After being stolen from a monastery over fifty years ago, a 12th-century Byzantine manuscript has been returned to Greece by the J. Paul Getty Museum.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/12th-century-byzantine-manuscript-returned-greece/feed/ 0 Chivalry comes to the Getty Museum http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/11/chivalry-comes-getty-museum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/11/chivalry-comes-getty-museum/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:39:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50327 The J. Paul Getty Museum’s newest exhibition Chivalry in the Middle Ages, which begins on July 8, 2014 at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, demonstrates how manuscripts of a variety of genres, ranging from romances to hunting treatises, played a central role in promoting the tenets of chivalry.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/11/chivalry-comes-getty-museum/feed/ 0 Stained Glass: Radiant Art http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/21/stained-glass-radiant-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/21/stained-glass-radiant-art/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:11:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49098 Readers are treated to an overview of medieval stained glass as an art medium, an academic topic of study, and as a prized portion of the collection of the Getty.

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