The Getty Villa

This is a picture of the main garden at the back of the villa (the Outer Peristyle). I tried to guess the statues, but apart from one Hermes, the rest were all 'head of a man with a beard' and 'young athlete'.

The Getty

May 5th 2010
(** for some reason, the photos are all over the place in this entry - sorry about that! not sure there's much I can do about it, so please bear with it***) Getty was an oligarch-turned-philanthropist, who invested an art trust fund with hugely valuable shares in his own company, for the establishment of an art museum and upon the condition that the art was free. Two centres were set up: ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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