Getty Villa, J. Paul Getty Museum, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles: the entrance to the Villa seen from the outdoor theater
Architect/Designer | Dennis L Kurutz Associates |
| Langdon Wilson Architects |
| Machado & Silvetti Associates |
Artist/Photographer | Tinero, Danielle |
Country | United States |
City | Los Angeles |
Subject Date | 1974 |
Image Date | 2006 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Classical Revival |
Medium | Digital image |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Danielle Tinero / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Villas ; Colonnades ; Art galleries ; Museums ; Amphitheatres ; Restoration ; Entrances |
NOTES: The original Villa was designed by Langdon Wilson Architects for the oil-magnate J. Paul Getty to house his private art collection adjacent to his home. This his second museum, a re-creation of the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, opened as an art museum in 1974. The Villa was closed between 1997-2006 for restoration undertaken by Machado & Silvetti Associates with landscape architects Dennis L Kurutz Associates.
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