Subject: The Getty Trust's New Web Site
NINCH-ANNOUNCE (david@ninch.org)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:15:33 -0500
Message-Id: <v0421010fb6b87f34570b@[192.100.21.23]> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:15:33 -0500 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: The Getty Trust's New Web Site
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
February 21, 2001
The Getty Trust's New Web Site
http://www.getty.edu
>Date: February 20, 2001
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>Contact:
>Sylvia Sukop
><mailto:ssukop@getty.edu>
THE GETTY LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE
Enhanced Resources on getty.edu Include Online Reservations,
Streaming Media, and High-Powered Search Engine
LOS ANGELES - The newly redesigned Web site of the J. Paul Getty
Trust goes live today on the World Wide Web. Getty.edu aims to extend
the reach of all the Getty's programs by serving a broad audience of
museum-goers, professionals, and members of the general public
interested in art, education, conservation, scholarship, and
philanthropy. The new Web site features expanded content and
streaming media including over 200 video clips related to artists,
conservation, special exhibitions, and works in the permanent
collection. The redesign incorporates bold colors and graphics and
completely new navigational tools.
"Our online visitors will now experience a more vibrant and seamless
view of the whole Getty and its deep online resources," says Kenneth
Hamma, project director for getty.edu and assistant director for
collections information in the Museum. "In the same way that the
creation of the Getty Center united all of our programs in one
physical location, the redesign of the Getty Web site creates a new
home in cyberspace for the wide-ranging resources of the Museum,
Research Institute, Conservation Institute, and the Grant Program.
And it's an open house-we've streamlined access to our very rich
content, making virtual visits to the Getty more exciting and
informative than ever."
Content Deeper and More Accessible
In addition to a library catalogue of 800,000 volumes and other
online research tools, the new Web site offers users nearly 54,000
pages related to works of art and professional reports in
conservation and art history. The site is organized to provide quick
and direct access to all of these resources for all audiences. And if
a user is not sure exactly where to look for specific information on
getty.edu, the newly developed site-wide search engine will help.
"Explore Art" provides images and information on the Getty's art
collections and exhibitions. "Explore Art" can take visitors quickly
to the art or artist they're looking for, but also allows them to
link up to a vast matrix of additional information about an artists,
subject matter, conservation methods, or manufacturing techniques, as
well as interviews with curators and conservators. In addition to
over 200 video clips, "Explore Art" includes 3,300 works of art,
1,500 artist biographies, and 1,500 glossary definitions.
"Visitor Guide" features an interactive event calendar, tips on
planning a visit, and basic visitor information in Spanish. And for
the first time, Getty visitors can make reservations for events,
parking, and the Getty Restaurant via email using the new online
reservations system.
"About Us" provides regular users access to professional resources
such as research databases, conservation lab and field reports, grant
information and applications, and a large suite of research tools
available through the Getty's four major programs. Visitors can also
purchase Getty publications online at the "Bookstore," find out about
news from the Getty such as new acquisition announcements, and
explore volunteer and employment opportunities at the Getty.
The Getty's online resources are as diverse as the visitors who use
them. Getty.edu serves the graduate student investigating works of
art and other scholars' research for an art history dissertation in
decorative arts; the conservation professional in Latin America
researching seismic stabilization methods to protect a historic
building; and the primary school teacher who wants to learn about the
Getty before bringing a third grade class to visit. The site will
also appeal to members of the general public who may know little
about art but simply enjoy browsing the Internet for engaging ideas
and images.
Design Team
The Getty's Web team, led by Vicki Porter and Nik Honeysett, has been
developing the new design over the past year, working with staff
across the Getty to better support the Trust's multifaceted mission.
"This new design was created specifically for our online audience of
both general visitors and professionals," says manager of Web
production Vicki Porter. "Packed with high-quality videos, news, and
stories that will be constantly updated, the Web site will help make
the Getty's extensive resources more attractive and accessible to a
global audience of all ages and backgrounds."
Currently featured on the home page of getty.edu are the landmark
international traveling exhibition Shaping the Great City: Modern
Architecture in Central Europe, 1890-1937, and the new acquisition,
Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart (1763), one of the largest pastels
ever created by the popular 18th-century artist Jean-Ιtienne Liotard.
Other pages are enlivened by views of the Getty campus, works of art
from the collection, and illustrations from the children's book Going
to the Getty, by Vivian Walsh and j. otto Siebold.
# # #
getty.edu
HIGHLIGHTS
With getty.edu you can:
Look at art in our collections. Browse by subjects like gods in
mythology or flowers in the natural world. Learn how Louis XIV chose
the sunflower as his emblem
Watch a Man Ray film from the 1920s. Learn about Italian maiolica
jars used in the 1400s to store medicinal herbs. Explore the often
enigmatic works of Renaissance painter Dosso Dossi.
Discover Mexican history for a school project using the bilingual
digital resource Mexico: From Empire to Revolution. View its more
than 250 photographs and albums with images ranging from ancient
Mayan ruins to the revolution of 1910.
Focus on how artist Adriaen de Vries made bronzes using the
lost-wax process, or watch a potter recreate an ancient Greek vase.
Go behind the scenes to see museum staff unpack a crate and install a
sculpture in a gallery.
Shop the bookstore for art and architecture publications, CD-ROMs,
videos, and books for kids. View features for many titles such as
tables of contents, reviews, or sample pages like those in Nature
Illuminated.
Learn about conservation of ancient artworks and how the Getty is
researching ways to preserve cultural sites around the world, such as
a 14th-century mosaic in Prague. Watch a paintings conservator
explain how infrared reflectography reveals the artist's process.
Expand your horizons by becoming a Getty intern, volunteer, or
employee. Apply for a great job or become a docent and enrich the
visitor experience with architecture tours and storytelling.
Plan a visit to the Getty Center. See what there is to do in our
event calendar and use email reservation to book parking, a table in
the Restaurant, or a special event such as a concert or wine tasting.
==============================================================
NINCH-Announce is an announcement listserv, produced by the National
Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH). The subjects of
announcements are not the projects of NINCH, unless otherwise noted;
neither does NINCH necessarily endorse the subjects of announcements.
We attempt to credit all re-distributed news and announcements and
appreciate reciprocal credit.
For questions, comments or requests to un-subscribe, contact the editor:
<mailto:david@ninch.org>
==============================================================
See and search back issues of NINCH-ANNOUNCE at
<http://www.cni.org/Hforums/ninch-announce/>.
==============================================================
This archive was generated by hypermail 2a16 : Fri Dec 21 2001 - 11:30:19 EST