we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Getty Center and the coming together of all four Getty programs in one location

Detailed reproduction of a 14th century Italian panel painting by Gentile da Fabriano featuring exquisite renderings of the Virgin Mary

Presenting the latest research

and the importance accorded to Orpheus and Dionysos

and a thorough account of autochrome manufacture

Guidelines for the Technical Examination of Bronze Sculpture Official Catalog we celebrate the 25th anniversaryEdited by David Bourgarit, Jane Bassett, Francesca Bewer, Arlen Heginbotham, Andrew Lacey, and Peta Motture The essential reference for anyone engaged in the material study of cast bronze sculpture. Since the fourth millennium BCE, bronze has been the preferred medium for some of the most prestigious and sacred works of art. But only through interdisciplinary research can the fabrication of these extraordinary objects be properly investigated,