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The Getty Villa is an educational center and art museum located at the easterly end of the Malibu coast in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. [2] One of two campuses of the J. Paul Getty Museum , the Getty Villa is dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece , Rome , and Etruria .
The J. Paul Getty Museum, commonly referred to as the Getty, is an art museum in Los Angeles, California housed on two campuses: the Getty Center and Getty Villa. [1] It is operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world's wealthiest art institution.
The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution, with an estimated endowment of US$7.7 billion in 2020. [4] Based in Los Angeles, California, it operates the J. Paul Getty Museum, which has two locations—the Getty Center in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.
The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust. The $1.3 billion center opened to the public on December 16, 1997, [ 2 ] and is well known for its architecture, gardens, and views overlooking Los Angeles.
The Grave Stele of Pollis is a gravestone of the warrior Pollis, who fought and was killed in action during the Greco-Persian Wars.Since 1990, it has been a part of the permanent collection of the Getty Villa, and dating to 480 BC, presents the transition between Archaic Greek Sculpture to Classical Greek sculpture.
The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), located in Los Angeles, California, is a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust. It is headquartered at the Getty Center but also has facilities at the Getty Villa , and commenced operation in 1985. [ 1 ]
The Getty Center Tram is a 0.75-mile (1.21 km) people mover system that serves the Getty Center in Los Angeles. It runs two cable-driven hovertrains each consisting of three Otis Hovair vehicles. [ 1 ]
Today it is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum's Getty Villa on the Malibu Coast, Los Angeles. The statue represents the hero Heracles as a beardless Lysippic [1] [2] [3] youth grasping the skin of the Nemean lion with his club upon his shoulder.