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and an invocation to art historians who have abandoned the study of the ‘social life’ of art

Ritts's ability to create photographs that successfully bridged the gap between art and commerce was not only a testament to the power of his imagination and technical skill

She is the author of Ethiopia at the Crossroads (2024) and Building the Medieval World (Getty

the evolution of modern photography fueled an interest in visual contact with the rest of the world

Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum pop up For historic resources—whether a culturalJean Bussire and Birgitta Lindros Wohl In the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum are more than six hundred ancient lamps that span the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, most from the Roman Imperial period and largely created in Asia Minor or North Africa. These lamps have much to reveal about life, religion, pottery, and trade in the ancient Graeco Roman world. Most of the Museums lamps have never before been published, and this