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Statue of an Emperor: A Conservation Partnership
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Statue of an Emperor: A Conservation Partnership

In 1999 Antiquities conservators from the Getty Museum began a collaborative project with the Pergamon Museum in Berlin to conserve a statue of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The two-thousand year old statue was becoming structurally...
Tracing the Colors of Ancient Sculpture
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Tracing the Colors of Ancient Sculpture

Using ultraviolet and raking light, archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann examines marble sculptures of Athena and Paris from the Temple of Aphaia, now in the Glyptothek in Munich. In the process, he reveals examples of physical evidence used to...
Glassmaking Technique: Roman Mold-Blown Glass
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Glassmaking Technique: Roman Mold-Blown Glass

Mold-blown glass is made by blowing hot glass into a mold made of clay, wood, or metal. The glass is forced against the inner surfaces of the mold and assumes its shape, together with any decoration that it bears. Watch a demonstration of...
Adriaen de Vries's Bronze Casting Technique: Direct Lost-Wax Method
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Adriaen de Vries's Bronze Casting Technique: Direct Lost-Wax Method

Adriaen de Vries most often used a technique called "direct lost-wax casting." During the casting process, the wax of the original wax-and-clay model melts out, or is "lost," hence the technique's name. Because the model disappears, each...
Making a Molded Athenian Vase
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Making a Molded Athenian Vase

The word "plastic" comes from the Greek verb plasso, meaning, "I model," and describes vases made via molding, which allowed artisans to reproduce complex human, animal, or plant shapes. Potters added handles and mouths to molded clay parts...
Conservation of Mosaics in Roman North Africa
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Conservation of Mosaics in Roman North Africa

Since 1998 the Getty Conservation Institute has been working in partnership with the Institut National du Patrimoine to train conservation technicians to clean, monitor, and maintain mosiacs in situ so that they can be seen and studied in...
Tracking the Cosmos: The Technology of the Antikythera Mechanism
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Tracking the Cosmos: The Technology of the Antikythera Mechanism

March 4, 2010, The Getty Villa Jo Marchant, author of Decoding the Heavens, and science historian and physicist James Evans join award-winning journalist and author Patt Morrison to discuss the Antikythera Mechanism, a unique object recovered...
Uncorking the Past: Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages (Clip 3)
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Uncorking the Past: Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages (Clip 3)

June 4, 2011, The Getty Villa Clip 3: A Fermented Cacao Beverage from Central America In three highlight clips from this public lecture, Patrick McGovern, scientific director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory at the University...
Uncorking the Past: Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages (Clip 2)
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Uncorking the Past: Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages (Clip 2)

June 4, 2011, The Getty Villa Clip 2: The World's Earliest Alcoholic Beverage from Jiahu, China In three highlight clips from this public lecture, Patrick McGovern, scientific director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory at the...
Uncorking the Past: Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages (Clip 1)
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Uncorking the Past: Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages (Clip 1)

June 4, 2011, The Getty Villa Clip 1: A Fermented Mixed Drink with the "Midas Touch" In three highlight clips from this public lecture, Patrick McGovern, scientific director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory at the University...
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