Papers regarding Getty Villa design and construction, 1966-1987, bulk 1970-1975.

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Papers regarding Getty Villa design and construction, 1966-1987, bulk 1970-1975.

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The museum, also known as the Getty Villa, was modeled after a reconstruction of the Villa of the Papyri [Villa dei Papiri] at Herculaneum. Neuerburg consulted throughout design and construction on the representation of ancient building features. Papers include correspondence, developmental designs, working drawings, and construction photographs and slides. Also included are photographic copies of Karl Weber's 1753/1758 plan of the Villa of the Papyri. Correspondence includes letters between Neuerburg and Getty directors and curators, architects and designers, and between Stephen Garrett, director of the Museum, and J. Paul Getty. Construction reports include job site meeting minutes, memoranda, and Stephen Garrett's reports to J. Paul Getty (1969-1973). Material regarding Neuerburg's lectures and writings about the J. Paul Getty Museum design comprise correspondence, notes, and manuscripts. Neuerburg collected press clippings that document the critical and popular reception of the Museum's opening. Architectural drawings and designs and photographs, slides, and negatives are either of design sources or document the various planning, design, and construction phases of the Getty Villa. The drawings and designs include sketches, design studies, photomechanical reproductions (bluelines and brownlines), working and design drawings.

ca. 11 lin. ft. (19 boxes, 22 flat file folders, 3 rolls)

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American art historian, historical consultant to the J. Paul Getty Museum. From the description of Papers regarding Getty Villa design and construction, 1966-1987, bulk 1970-1975. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 145999273 Biographical/Historical Note Norman Neuerburg, an art and architecture historian, artist, and university professor, was born in 1926 in Universal City, California. After serving in the ar...

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Weber, Karl Jakob, 1712-1764

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Dinwiddie Construction Company.

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Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976

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Genter, Ed.

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Garrett, Stephen, 1922-

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Fredericksen, Burton B.

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Wilson, Gillian

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