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PRELIMINARY INVENTORY OF THE STUDY PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANCIENT SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND
76.P.9
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Title: Study photographs of ancient sculpture in the round
Date (inclusive): 1900s
Number: 76.P.9
Creator/Collector:
Getty Research Institute
Physical Description:
85.5 linear feet
(408 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: A collection of modern photographs assembled by the Getty Research Institute of ancient sculpture in the round, concentrating
on the Greek and Roman periods, Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6th century BC-6th century AD).
Language: Collection material is in
English
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.
The
Photo Archive Database includes photograph level access to approximately 43% of the photographs in this collection.
Open for use by qualified researchers. For further information, consult the
Guide to the Photo Archive and Database .
Photographs and permission to publish must be obtained from copyright holder(s). For further information, contact
Library Reproductions and Permissions .
Finding aid created in 2009.
Scope and Content of Collection
An assembled collection of modern photographs of ancient sculpture in the round, concentrating on the Greek and Roman periods,
Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6th century BC-6th century AD). Photographic coverage is most complete for Greek,
Etruscan, and Roman sculpture. While documentation of ancient art from American museums and auction houses is particularly
strong, the holdings of European museums are also broadly represented. Of particular importance is the extensive coverage
of extant marble statues of Archaic Greek girls and youths (korai and kouroi, with circa 500 images of each); holdings of
photographs of Etruscan bronze statuettes are strong as well. The collection contains photographs from numerous 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),
Bulloz, Photographie Giraudon, Max Hutzel, Hirmer Verlag, Gabinetto fotografico nazionale, Rome, Guntram Koch, Barbara Bini,
John Ross, and Emile Serafis. Scholarly photographic archives dispersed into this collection include those of E. H. Richardson
(Etruscan votive bronzes), Giovanni Becatti, and Ludwig Goldscheider, as well as a study collection acquired from the Department
of Classics, University of California, Los Angeles. Research institutions' archives from which the collection holds copy prints
include: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Rome; Archivio fotografico vaticano; and American School of Classical Studies
at Athens.
Arranged by chronological era. The historic era is subdivided by subject into the categories of female figures, male figures,
children, body parts, groups, animals and mythological creatures. The arrangement of female and male figures is then further
refined into groupings of deities, mythological beings and unidentified people filed by pose.
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973 -- Photograph collections
Goldscheider, Ludwig, 1896-1973 -- Photograph collections
Richardson, Emeline Hill -- Photograph collections
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Classics -- Photograph collections
Human figure in art
Sculpture, Ancient
Sculpture, Etruscan
Sculpture, Greek
Sculpture, Roman
Photographic prints
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973
Bini, Barbara
Getty Research Institute
Goldscheider, Ludwig, 1896-1973
Hutzel, Max
Koch, Guntram
Richardson, Emeline Hill
Ross, John
Serafis, Emile
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Classics