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November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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A small sculpture of a blue cat with red eyes on a gold tasseled cusion rests on a wooden coffee table. A fireplace is in the background. "Purrquoise Cat Sculpture Reproduction: For the chronically online @gettymuseum fan"
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Edit of a coffee table book with a midcentury modern book on the cover against a photograph of an old suburban home. "Tremaine Houses: One Family's Patronage of Domestic Architecture in Midcentury America - For the person who has more photos of buildings than people in their camera roll"
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Cards strewn across a surface containing a close-up detail of an artwork in the Getty Museum's collection. "Getty x OuiSi: Art Cards with Creative Games - For the game night host who wants to switch things up"
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Paper notecard designed to look like a lit pillar candle surrounded by a wreath. "Holiday Candle Pop-Up Notecard: for the parent or pet owner who can't have open flames"
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Photo of a decorative tea towel with a tiled pattern resting on a wooden table near coasters and rose-colored wine glasses. "Italian Tile Tea Towel: for the friend who couldn't get enough of White Lotus, Season 2"
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Photo of a binder containing blank pages, brushes, and a watercolor paint palette. "Travel Watercolor Set: for the child who's ready to move on from finger painting, and the inner child in us all"
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Explore the trailblazing life, work, and legacy of Anna Akins in the new Getty publication, Anna Atkins: Photographer, Naturalist, Innovator.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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In an era filled with state-of-the-art inventions and innovative ideas, Atkins pushed photography forward in its earliest days with courage, creativity, and brilliance.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Atkins became so proficient and passionate about cyanotypes of plant life that she made the first-ever book illustrated entirely with photographs—the three-volume Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Cyanotypes are a form of cameraless photograph created when an object is placed on a piece of paper coated with a light-sensitive solution.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Atkins turned her attention to the cyanotype.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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But, while many women participated in Victorian-era botany trends, Anna Atkins took her interest in a unique direction by blending art and science.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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In the 19th century, a perfect storm of societal and scientific changes sparked a passion for the natural world. For women, botany was considered an especially “polite” and enriching activity.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Art-Inspired Fashion Drops Anchor at Getty
A new streetwear collaboration reenvisions the Getty collection in bold new ways
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November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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🔎 Discover more about European drawing technique from 1550 to 1850 in Learning to Draw, on view at the Getty Center through January 25, 2026.

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Learning to Draw | Getty Exhibitions
Explore the mastery of drawing from 1550–1850. Discover how artistic training shaped the foundation of the arts in Europe.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Jan de Bisschop employed an abundance of negative space in this drawing, inviting viewers to fill in the scene with our imaginations. What do you see? 👀
The full drawing. The sailboat rests on shore near a cluster of rowboats and a large, flat-bottomed vessel. The artist's generous use of blank paper invites viewers to imaginatively fill in the remaining space.
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Rather than drawing lines, the artist rubbed roughly textured paper with greasy black Conté crayon.

By combining various densities of crayon, he explored a concept he invented called "irradiation," where light and shadow mutually enhance each other as they come together. (🧵 2/2)

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November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM