In a previous post, I mentioned having gone to the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades a few weeks ago.  In the exhibit room dedicated to the Trojan War, I photographed the fragments of a Greek silver belt from 540-530 B.C. whose plaques told the stories of epic heroes.  There's Zeus defeating Typhon, Perseus fleeing the Gorgons, Athena assisting ( Read more... )

Yesterday I drove down to Pacific Palisades to see the renovated Getty Villa.  I took many photographs, some of which did not come out, but managed to score shots of the Getty's small Aegean Bronze Age collection. 

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