The rebuilding of the Getty Museum for an enlarged collection.(The Getty Villa)(Book review)

From: Architectural Science Review | Date: September 1, 2006 | Copyright information

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The Getty Villa, by Marion True and Jorge Silvetti. Getty Publications, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles CA 90049-1682, 2005. 256pp., 250 ill., index. Price: $US 65.00 Hbk., $US 39.95 Pbk.

Paul Getty, who died in 1976 at the age of 83, was one of the richest men of the 20th century. By the time he was 23 years old he had made his first million out of oil. In his middle and old age he became an ardent collector, particularly of antiquities, and he housed his collections in various of his residences, including the "Ranch House" in the Canon de Sentimento in Los ...

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