Outre son jardin de sculptures, le musée du Getty Center rêvé par l’Architecte Richard Meier dans un esprit italien, est divisé en quatre pavillons lesquels présentent des oeuvres d’art à travers l’Histoire européenne et américaine, de l’époque médiévale à nos jours, comprenant des dessins, peintures, sculptures, arts décoratifs, manuscrits et photographies.
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In addition to its sculpture garden, the museum is divided into four pavilions :
North Pavilion
The North Pavilion presents paintings dating up to 1600, as well as medieval and Renaissance sculpture and decorative arts.
East Pavilion
The East Pavilion features primarily 17th-century Baroque art, including Dutch, French, Flemish, and Spanish paintings, as well as sculpture and Italian decorative arts dating from 1600 to 1800.
South Pavilion
The South Pavilion houses 18th-century paintings and the majority of the Museum’s European decorative arts collection, complete with elaborately furnished paneled rooms, dating up to 1800.
West Pavilion
The West Pavilion features sculpture and Italian decorative arts of the 1700s through 1900, 19th-century paintings, and the Center for Photographs. Neoclassical, Romantic, and Symbolist sculpture and decorative arts are also on view.
Outre ses expositions, le Getty Center situé au sommet des collines de Santa Monica, offre une vue époustouflante sur la ville de Los Angeles. Vous pourrez y prendre un café tout en déambulant dans ses jardins dont le fameux “Cactus garden”.
