Finding aid for the study photographs of ancient relief sculpture 76.P.10
Ann Harrison
Special Collections
2009
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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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
Study photographs of ancient relief sculpture
box 3, box 4, box 5, box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, box 10, box 11, box 12
box 17, box 18, box 19, box 20, box 21
box 31, box 32, box 33, box 34, box 35, box 36, box 37, box 38, box 39, box 40
box 57, box 58, box 59, box 60, box 61, box 62, box 63, box 64, box 65, box 66
box 71, box 72, box 73, box 74, box 75, box 76, box 77, box 78
box 81, box 82, box 83, box 84, box 85, box 86
box 88, box 89, box 90, box 91, box 92
box 96, box 97, box 98, box 99, box 100, box 101, box 102, box 103, box 104, box 105, box 106
box 107, box 108, box 109
box 112
Copies of Greek originals
box 115, box 116, box 117, box 118, box 119, box 120, box 121
box 123, box 124, box 125
box 126
Achaemenid, Assyrian, Celtic, Cypriot, Gallo-Roman, Italic, Minoan, Mycenaean, Punic, Romano-German
box 127, box 128, box 129