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Caption: First-Time Visit Getty Center
The Getty
Caption: July 22, 2014
I've wanted to visit the Getty Center for years, and today was finally the day. I took the bus down and spent the full day there—barely scratching the surface.
Enjoy my words and photos; I even wrote two tanka and a haiku while I was there.
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Caption: We should be grateful to men of vision, means and action like Getty…
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Caption: Shining on a hill
radiating like the sun
white against the sky
A modern temple to Art
rich with treasures from the past
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Caption: Rembrandt Laughing
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Caption: Illuminated Manuscript
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Caption: The Farewell of
Telemachus and Eucharis
Jacques-Louis David
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Caption: The Forum at Pompeii and Vesuvius
Christen Schjellerup Købke
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Caption: With a view like this
Above the sea and city—
Just HOW could I work?
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Caption: Blocks of travertine,
Gleaming glass and white steel beams,
Curving, man-made forms
Juxtaposed against the green
Of a sculpted garden's plan
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Caption: A great, inspiring day… _______ Visit the Getty Foundation
www.getty.edu