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Greco-Roman Art: The Getty
 

The Getty has a large collection of Classical sculptures of mythological subjects, including creatures, heroes, and major and minor deities.  The Getty also has painted wall panels and frescos dating to the Classical period.  Additionally, it has Greek vases created between 330 and 500 B.C.  The Getty Research Institute and library also have information concerning Classical Greek and Roman art.    Statuette of Dionysos with an Animal, Roman, about A.D. 50 Photograph by Bruce White, http://www.getty.edu/legal/copyright.html

 

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Ancient Indian Art: The Norton Simon
 

The Norton Simon's Indian Art collection is part of its larger South Asian art collection. which includes sculpture, jewelry, and house wares from India, Thailand, Pakistan, Cambodia, Nepal, and Tibet from several centuries.  The majority of sculptures are of deities from each country's respective religions.  Many of these sculptures are made out of gold or stone. Several of the larger Southeast Asian sculptures are also located in the Norton Simon's sculpture garden.  I enjoy viewing this collection because it is so comprehensive.    Bodhisattva Manjusri, c. 850  © 2002 The Norton Simon Foundation

 

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Japanese Art: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Japanese Pavilion
 

The Japanese Pavilion at LACMA holds Japanese art work from 3000 B.C. to the twentieth century.  The collection includes Buddhist and Shinto sculptures, ceramics, flatware, textile, armor, archeological findings, cloisonné, and prints from the Edo, Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods in Japanese art. LACMA's Japanese painting collection is housed in the East Wing of the Japanese Pavilion.  These paintings are naturally lit to approximate original viewing conditions. Japanese scroll paintings are similarly hung in alcoves within the Pavilion that are designed to resemble traditional Japanese living rooms, where such scrolls would have hung.    Japanese Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art   Photograph ©2002 Museum Associates/LACMA

 

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Contemporary Art: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Robert O. Anderson Building
 

The Modern and Contemporary Art collection is LACMA's largest permanent collection.  It includes American, Parisian, German, and Russian modern works dating up to 1970, as well as works created during the 1990s.  Art movements covered in LACMA's collection include Cubism, Fauvism, German Expressionism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism, among other genres.

LACMA's Permanent Collections American Art Ancient & Islamic Art Chinese & Korean Art Costumes & Textiles Decorative Arts European Painting & Sculpture Japanese Art Latin American Art Modern & Contemporary Art Photography Prints & Drawings South & Southeast Asian Art

 

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Photography Collection: The Getty
 

The Getty's photography collection includes a wide variety of photographic mediums, including stereographs, negatives, several types of prints, card photographs, Daguerreotypes, and Ambrotypes.  Prints include portraits dating from the nineteenth century by such photographers as E. Nadar, up through more recent work done in the twentieth century by photographers such as Man Ray and John Outerbridge.  Thomas Eakins, Study of Muscular Action, c.1883-1885 Photograph (c) 2000 J. Paul Getty Trust

 

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