The nude—the unclothed or partially clothed human body—has been featured in European art for millennia. After 1400, with the waning of the Middle Ages, artists depicted nudes as increasingly ...

A kind of encyclopedia of animals, the bestiary was among the most popular illuminated texts in northern Europe during the Middle Ages (about 500–1500). Because medieval Christians understood every ...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti is recognized as one of the most creative and influential artists in the history of Western art. His most celebrated creations have become icons of world culture: the ...

Ancient Iran, historically known as Persia, was the dominant nation of western Asia for over twelve centuries, with three successive native dynasties—the Achaemenid, the Parthian, and the ...

Alfred Stieglitz, The Hand of Man, 1902, Gelatin silver print , c. 1933, 8.3 x 11.3 cm. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The Atlas of Analytical Signatures of Photographic Processes is intended ...

The J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of over one hundred thousand images is among the most comprehensive holdings of rare and important photographs in the world. It ranges from daguerreotypes to work ...

Elisa Lanzi, with contributing editors Howard Besser, Joy Davis, Patricia Harpring, Christine L. Sundt, Helen R. Tibbo, Susanne R. Warren, Eleanor E. Fink, and David Green Digital networking will make ...

The reference information listed below is intended for those who work with the Getty's data. This information comes from the Museum's collection database, and in some cases is incomplete or awaiting ...