Getty

After our fabulous day at the Reagan Museum, we decided to make a stop at the Getty Center since it was on our way back to the airport. Unfortunately it seems that many people had the same idea!  The parking garage was a traffic jam of cars slowing descending to lower and lower levels in search of a parking spot.  Then there was a long line of people waiting to take the tram up to the museum.

 Once we got to the museum itself, we were not bothered by the crowds since it is huge with multiple buildings. The buildings themselves are works of art!

We took in two temporary exhibits.  One was Ruben's tapestries.

From the museum brochure:

Rubens drew on a wide range of classical and christian iconography, and traditional allegories of good verses evil, to express the spiritual victory of the Catholic church over its foes. Powerful figures in motion, rich color, and playful illusions abound, as Rubens created different levels of reality to engage and delight the observer. 

George and I were 'engaged and delighted'!

Since we are both interested in photography we decided to see the Josef Koudelka Photography exhibit. 

I'd never heard of him before but I'm always fascinated to try and figure out what separates an ok photograph from an award winning one! There were 140 of his works produced over 5 decades.  He does give lectures abut 'why good photographs are so rare."  I'd love to hear that!  My quick analysis is the photo needs to tell a story and bring some emotion.  Also I think that black and white images are particularly compelling.

We managed a quick visit to the impressionist gallery.  Who can resist a Monet?  

I was also captivated by the colors in this 1854 work by Richard Dadd  'David Spareth Saul's life'.  The soft colors are unusual for that time period.  Beautiful!

We both hope to go back to the Getty and spend the entire day.