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8 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Do you know what the iconic “shells” of the Sydney Opera House are made of? Image
The iconic Sydney Opera House shells are made of precast concrete and ceramic tiles. The building is a prime example of how Modernist architects used innovative materials. ImageImage
Hidden in Sydney's harbor are structural concrete piers that support the opera house broadwalk. These pose an interesting challenge for engineers.

Exposed to water and tide fluctuations, the concrete piers could deteriorate. Image
Specialists are using a method called cathodic protection, which runs an electric current through the piers' reinforcing steel to limit the deterioration. Cool, right? #gettymodernarchitecture

More on the conservation of Sydney Opera House: blogs.getty.edu/iris/preservin…

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10 Jul
We’re exploring themes from the current Getty Villa exhibition “Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins,” and today’s theme is lawmaking!

One of the responsibilities of the king was to bring order to society through the creation of laws. Image
The earliest invocation of the concept of social justice by a king dates to the third millennium B.C.

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8 Jul
Happy birthday, Artemisia Gentileschi!

Gentileschi lived in 16th- and 17th-century Italy and was the most famous female artist of the Baroque era.
Artemisia got her artistic start through her father, Orazio Gentileschi, who was also a well-known painter. However, her name became more recognized after she was rediscovered and recontextualized in the 20th century.
She was known for her portrayals of Biblical and Classical heroines. These subjects included Judith Slaying Holofernes, one of her most iconic works. Image
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25 Mar 20
We challenge you to recreate a work of art with objects (and people) in your home.

🥇 Choose your favorite artwork
🥈 Find three things lying around your house⠀
🥉 Recreate the artwork with those items

And share with us.
To find artworks, search keywords in our online collection: getty.edu/art/collection

Some inspo, from Getty staff 👇
This doggo is basically a bunny, based on "A Hare in the Forest" by Hans Hoffmann

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29 Feb 20
A thread rating every classical building emoji 🏛
1. Apple:

A serious take on a traditional temple plan. Attempt at triglyphs and metopes; and even has an architrave above the elegant Doric columns. Shame the pediment design appears to have fallen off. 9/10
2. Google:

The center column blocks the entrance. Bulging, unsymmetrical columns in an unctuous teal. Ancient temples were painted, but not like this! Did it get trapped in an ‘80s music video? Is it ill? Is it a temple bouncy house? 2/10
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28 Feb 20
A thread rating every amphora emoji 🏺
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Panathenaic amphora (500s BC) with geometric decoration (800s BC).

Lovely rich colors, overall nice shape, but why is the meander so big. Meander is canonical Greek design, but is normally a border element. White meander at the neck is odd. 7/10
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Another Panathenaic amphora with geometric decoration, a confusing mix of styles. Pattern suggests homage to Tetris, but does have a nice border. Good color and shape, suggests three-dimensionality. 6/10
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19 Sep 19
.@wmarybeard speaks tonight at the Getty Center on Roman emperors in art since the Renaissance—join along as we live tweet.

Beard begins with her favorite painting in the Getty collection—“The Age of Augustus, the Birth of Christ” by Jean-Léon Gérôme gty.art/2kRt5SF
@wmarybeard The painting contrasts Roman imperial pomp and power in the background with a nativity scene (described as "gothic" by some critics) in the foreground, says #MaryBeard.

The emperor here? Augustus, leader of Rome at the time of Jesus's birth.
@wmarybeard Upon Jesus’s birth, Augustus consulted a pagan prophetess, the Sibyl, on whether anyone would be born more powerful than the emperor himself—and whether he should allow himself to be worshipped as a god.

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