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The Rise and Fall of Charles Le Brun: Q&A with Louis Marchesano
I talked to Louis Marchesano, curator of prints and drawings at the Getty Research Institute, about the exhibition Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Le Brun and Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis...
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Buck Teeth and All: True Lies in Early Color Printing
Portrait of Édouard Dagoty, Inventor of Color Printing (Portrait d’Édouard Dagoty, inventeur de la gravure en couleurs), Carlo Lasinio (Italian, 1759–1838) after Johann Ernst Heinsius (German,...
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What Mask Do You Wear?
A contemporary printmaking project inspired by James Ensor and his wild masks returns to the Getty Center on August 1 and 2. Come join in! How do you walk past this skeleton on a moped? On a sunny day...
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This Just In: The Genius of Lithography
This 19th-century French print celebrates the moment of inspiration that transformed a struggling playwright into a notable figure of art history The Genius of Lithography, 1819, Nicolas Henri Jacob...
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Louis XIV, the Original King of Viral Media
The French king seized printmaking as an early form of viral media to glorify his image and project his majesty across Europe The Horses of Apollo, 1675, Etienne Picart after Gaspard Marsy and...
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Louis XIV’s Golden Dome
Giant design plans for the Invalides complex in Paris are almost as opulent as the building itself See this GIF larger (3.7 MB) | See on Tumblr Every tourist in Paris visits the Louvre and the Church...
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A 17th-Century Face-Off
Why are crudely designed pinups included in an exhibition on the fine art of printmaking? Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, 1661. Robert Nanteuil after Nicolas Mignard. Engraving. The Getty...
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