Getty Museum series:This Sceptered Isle: British Art from the 13th to the 19th Centuries (online)

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This Sceptered Isle: British Art from the 13th to the 19th Centuries

 

Turner, Gainsborough, and Derby are some of the artists who produced exceptional works during Britan’s heydays.

The Getty collection has these and many other artists with paintings, drawings and manuscripts that show the history of Britain’s artistic movements. This tour will focus on well known names as well as some new ones. Docent Lee will look at the concept of the Grand Tour which gave rise to fascinating depictions of faraway places and discuss studies of landscapes so important to the British lifestyle. 

Docent Lee Rubinstein holds dual degrees in English and History with a minor in Art History. She has been leading students through the galleries at the Getty since the program's inception in 2012. Additionally, in 2007, Lee created the curriculum for, and now runs, a volunteer art program in underserved schools in Los Angeles.

Image Credit: Two Boys with a Bladder by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1769 (recent acquisition)

 

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