Books related to J. Paul Getty
  • The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections (Getty Trust Publications, J. Paul Getty Museum) by Mark Greenberg
    Description : This revised and updated J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections includes many major objects that recently have been added to the collections, as well as the more familiar masterpieces frequent visitors have become acquainted with over the years from the antiquities, drawings, m...more..
    Amazon Price : $19.95
  • J. Paul Getty: The Dysfunctional Billionaire (Titans of Fortune) by Daniel Alef
    Description : Biographical profile of J. Paul Getty, one of America’s first billionaires. J. Paul Getty, the richest man in the world in the mid twentieth century, was a consummate businessman who built an oil empire and left a vast antiquities and art collection as his legacy. But he also was a womanizer, a mi...more..
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  • Uncommon Youth: The Gilded Life and Tragic Times of J. Paul Getty III by Charles Fox
    Description : The glamorous life, gilded family, and tragic times of J. Paul Getty III, whose kidnapping made headlines in 1973J. Paul (“Little Paul”) Getty III,  the grandson of Getty Oil founder J. Paul Getty, may have been cursed by money and privilege from the moment he was born.  ...more..
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  • If... (Getty Trust Publications : J. Paul Getty Museum) by Sarah Perry
    Description : In her first book, artist Sarah Perry has created twenty magical watercolors that are an open invitation to the imaginations of children. Beautifully produced in full color, these fantastic images conjure up a world of limitless possibilities where anything can happen: leaves turn into green fish......more..
    Amazon Price : $16.95
  • Marguerite Makes a Book (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) by Bruce Robertson
    Description : Paris in the 1400s. A young girl named Marguerite delights in assisting her father, Jacques, in his craft: illuminating manuscripts for the nobility of France. His current commission is a splendid book of hours for his patron, Lady Isabelle, but will he be able to finish it in time for Lady Isabelle...more..
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  • As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty by J. Getty
    Description : While writing his autobiography, Jean Paul Getty - then perhaps the world's richest man - hoped it would be the final verdict on himself, on his many friends and associates, and on his times. Regrettably, it proved to be so: Getty died in 1976 as "As I See It" was going to press. Now reissued with a...more..
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  • The J. Paul Getty Museum and Its Collections: A Museum for the New Century by John Walsh
    Description : In December 1997 the J. Paul Getty Museum will open its new home in the spectacular Getty Center, designed by the renowned architect Richard Meier, and dramatically sited in the Santa Monica Mountains above Los Angeles. This will constitute the third home for the Getty Museum collections, which wer...more..
    Amazon Price : $40.00
  • Nature Illuminated: Flora and Fauna from the Court of Emperor Rudolf II (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) by Lee Hendrix
    Description : The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the Mira calligraphiae monumenta, a brilliant demonstration of two arts--calligraphy and miniature painting. The project began when Rudolf's predecessor, Ferdinand I, commissioned master calligrapher Georg Bocskay ...more..
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  • In Focus: Julia Margaret Cameron: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum by Julian Cox
    Description : Known as the "greatest pictorialist of her day," Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) came to photography late in life, bringing years of literary and artistic experience to what was still a relatively new medium. She believed the camera was a tool of expression and revolved to reconcile traditional a...more..
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  • Alone Together: My Life with J. Paul Getty by Theodora Getty Gaston
    Description : Manhattan, 1935. It was love at first sight the night J. Paul Getty walked into the exclusive club The New Yorker and saw Teddy onstage, a beautiful blue-blooded debutante, singing torch songs. In Alone Together, Teddy-now nearly 100 - tells the large-than-life true story of their three-decade long ...more..
    Amazon Price : $26.99