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77,000 Images of Tapestries and Italian Monuments Join the Open Content Program
Key art-history reference photographs from the Getty Research Institute now free to download and use for any purpose Sculpture in the S. Maria church, Sellano, Italy, 15th–16th century. Photo taken ca....
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The Marvels of Peter Paul Rubens’s “The Triumph of the Eucharist” Online
Catch a glimpse of the Prado’s exhibition Rubens, The Triumph of the Eucharist through a series of short videos. The exhibition travels to the Getty on October 14 The exquisite talents of Peter Paul...
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Peter Paul Rubens Unrolls in L.A.
400-year-old tapestries from Madrid, woven from silk and wool, now dominate the Getty Center’s Exhibitions Pavilion In the early 1620s Peter Paul Rubens designed a series of tapestries celebrating the...
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Conservation Tools: The Microfading Tester
Our series spotlighting tools used by Getty Conservation Institute staff continues with a technique for testing how artworks will fade with exposure to light Vincent Beltran uses a microfading tester...
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Cleaning 700 Square Feet of Precious Tapestry
Two masterpieces from the Sun King’s collection are given new life through cleaning and conservation Staff conserve a tapestry at the Mobilier National. Photo courtesy of the Gobelins Manufactory In...
View ArticleA First Experiment with 360 Video at the Getty
Peek into the Woven Gold exhibition at the Getty Museum in this first trial with a consumer 360 camera The Tapestries of Louis XIV in 360 Degrees The monumental tapestries of Louis XIV, a decorative...
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Weaving Tapestry: A Family Tradition
Tapestry weaver and textile conservator Yadin Larochette, who has been giving demonstrations in the galleries of Woven Gold, explains the thrilling feel of fiber and loom Yadin Larochette shows...
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Weaving with Words: Telling the Story of Thérèse
A writer shares how she brought the story of Thérèse—a 17th-century French girl who works at a tapestry factory—to life in a new illustrated book When I was six years old, I decided there were two...
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Three Reasons to Visit Woven Gold at the Getty
A Getty graduate intern explains why seeing Louis XIV’s tapestry collection in person is a unique and gratifying experience Grad intern Amelia Brown photographed in Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV....
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Finding the Fleur-de-Lis in Art
This royal symbol appears on many artworks made before the French Revolution—including these in the Getty Museum Golden fleurs-de-lis aplenty on this portrait of Louis XIV after Hyacinthe Rigaud. The...
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A Tour of the “Triumph of Bacchus”
The Roman god of wine takes center stage in a monumental tapestry Triumph of Bacchus, about 1560, design by Giovanni da Udine under the supervision of Raphael; woven at the workshop of Frans Geubels,...
View ArticleExploring the Tapestry Artists of Louis XIV
Although two centuries apart, J. Paul Getty and Louis XIV were certainly kindred spirits. Both were rich and powerful, both had lavish residences, and both had huge repositories of art amassed with an...
View ArticleArtist Duo Puts a Contemporary Spin on Old Master Tapestries
The artist collaborative known as A BEE takes a unique approach that defies categorization. Their “tapestorial sculptures” take an age-old craft and put a modern spin on it. The members of A BEE chose...
View ArticleThe Medieval Battle That Launched Modern English
English owes its rich vocabulary to a military conquest that took place 947 years ago.
View Article77,000 Images of Tapestries and Italian Monuments Join the Open Content Program
Photographs of Italian monuments and European tapestries join the Open Content Program.
View ArticleThe Marvels of Peter Paul Rubens’s “The Triumph of the Eucharist” Online
Paintings and tapestries by the great baroque artist come to the Getty in October.
View ArticlePeter Paul Rubens Unrolls in L.A.
See how Peter Paul Rubens's enormous tapestries were installed at the Getty.
View ArticleConservation Tools: The Microfading Tester
Measuring color changes in light-sensitive works of art.
View ArticleCleaning 700 Square Feet of Precious Tapestry
Tapestries once owned by Louis XIV receive a high-tech cleaning.
View ArticleA First Experiment with 360 Video at the Getty
A virtual tour of a tapestry exhibition.
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