Study photographs of medieval sculpture, 1900s

Summary

Creators:

Getty Research Institute, Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968, Koch, Guntram, Hutzel, Max, and French & Company (New York, N.Y.)

Abstract:

A collection of modern photographs of medieval sculpture assembled by the Getty Research Institute, including such object types as sarcophagi, statues, crucifixes and carved fragments. Geographic emphasis is on objects from Italy (30%) and Spain (20%); other period and geographic divisions include: early Christian; Byzantine and Coptic; Austria and Benelux; England; France; Germany; and Turkey.

Extent:

8.4 Linear Feet (40 boxes)

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of modern photographs of medieval sculpture asssembled by the Getty Research Institute, including such object types as sarcophagi, statues, crucifixes and carved fragments. Geographic emphasis is on objects from Italy (30%) and Spain (20%); other period and geographic divisions include: early Christian; Byzantine and Coptic; Austria and Benelux; England; France; Germany; and Turkey.

Sources of photographs are scholars' archives such as those of Erwin Panofsky (Germany) and Guntram Koch (early Christian, Byzantine, Turkey); art dealers such as French & Company (Austria and Benelux); and commercial photographers or photographic archives such as Alinari, the Conway Library (Italy), Hirmer Verlag, Max Hutzel (France, Spain, and minor centers in Italy), and Zodiaque (Romanesque France and Italy).

Biographical / historical:

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.

Processing information:

Finding aid created in 2009.

Arrangement:

Arranged by geographic/historical group or country of origin, and century.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Additional collection guides:

The Photo Archive Database includes photograph level access to approximately one-third of the photographs in this collection.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Crosses
Sculpture, Medieval
Sculpture, Spanish
Sarcophagi, Medieval
Statues
Sculpture, Italian

Names:

Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968 -- Photograph collections

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers. For further information, consult the Guide to the Photo Archive and Database.

Terms of access:

Photographs and permission to publish must be obtained from copyright holder(s). For further information, contact Library Reproductions and Permissions.

Location of this collection:

Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100

Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US

Contact:

(310) 440-7390

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