Processing History
Other Finding Aids
Publication Rights
Access
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Study photographs of ancient relief sculpture
Creator:
Ross, John
Creator:
Bini, Barbara
Creator:
Serafis, Emile
Creator:
Getty Research Institute
Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.10
Physical Description:
27.6 Linear Feet
(132 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1900s
Abstract: A collection of modern photographs assembled by the Getty Research Institute of ancient sculpture in relief, concentrating
on the Greek and Roman periods, Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6th century BC-6th century AD).
Language of Material:
English
.
Processing History
Finding aid created in 2009.
Other Finding Aids
The
Photo Archive Database includes photograph level access to approximately 21% of the photographs in this collection.
Publication Rights
Access
Biographical/Historical Note
In 1974, the J. Paul Getty Museum began assembling a "photo library" by consolidating the visual resources of each existing
curatorial department. By the early 1980s, the Photo Archive was actively acquiring large collections of photographs from
commercial and private sources and scholars' archives that contained a photographic component. In 1983, the nearly one million
photographs of the Photo Archive were incorporated into the Research Institute's Special Collections.
Scope and Content of Collection
An assembled collection of modern photographs of ancient sculpture in relief, concentrating on the Greek and Roman periods,
Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6th century BC-6th century AD). While photographic coverage of ancient Etruscan,
Greek, and Roman relief sculpture is the most complete, the collection also includes reliefs from other cultures, including
prehistoric Cypriot, Helladic and Minoan, Assyrian, Celtic, Celto-Ligurian, Egypto-Roman, Gallo-Roman, Siceliote, Romano-German,
and Romano-Syrian. The majority of the images are of reliefs in marble or stone, but examples in bone, ivory, metal, and wood
are also included.
The collection contains photographs from a variety of sources, including commercial vendors and photographers, research institutions'
archives, museum and auction house files, and scholars' archives. Among the commercial vendors and photographers, the most
important sources are Alinari (including the Anderson and Brogi archives), Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Bulloz, Photographie Giraudon,
Gabinetto fotografico nazionale (Rome), Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln, Hirmer Verlag, Barbara Bini, John Ross, and Emile Serafis.
Research institution archives from which the collection holds copy prints include the Fototeca unione at the American Academy,
Rome; Centre Camille Jullian; Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Athens and Rome; American School of Classical Studies
at Athens.
Arrangement
Arrangement is by culture; further arranged by medium, form and location.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Relief (Sculpture), Ancient
Relief (Sculpture), Greek
Relief (Sculpture), Etruscan
Relief (Sculpture), Roman
Photographic prints